Psalms 16:8

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“I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.”

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BSBPD

“I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“I have set Jehovah always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“I did place Jehovah before me continually, Because--at my right hand I am not moved.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 16:8 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 15:5who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
  2. Psalms 21:8Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.
  3. Psalms 62:3How long will you threaten a man? Will all of you throw him down like a leaning wall or a tottering fence?
  4. Psalms 62:6He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.
  5. Psalms 62:7My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.
  6. Psalms 73:23Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.
  7. Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
  8. Psalms 109:31For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
  9. Psalms 110:5The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.
  10. Psalms 121:5The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.
  11. Psalms 139:18If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.
  12. Acts 2:25David says about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
  13. Hebrews 11:27By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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