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Psalm 16

Psa. 16:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I havep set
shavah (Hebrew #7737)
properly, to level, i.e. equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust (i.e. counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, etc.)
KJV usage: avail, behave, bring forth, compare, countervail, (be, make) equal, lay, be (make, a- )like, make plain, profit, reckon.
Pronounce: shaw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
always
tamiyd (Hebrew #8548)
properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); ellipt. the regular (daily) sacrifice
KJV usage: alway(-s), continual (employment, -ly), daily, ((n-))ever(-more), perpetual.
Pronounce: taw-meed'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to stretch
before me: because heq is at my right hand
yamiyn (Hebrew #3225)
the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
KJV usage: + left-handed, right (hand, side), south.
Pronounce: yaw-meen'
Origin: from 3231
, I shall not be moved
mowt (Hebrew #4131)
to waver; by implication , to slip, shake, fall
KJV usage: be carried, cast, be out of course, be fallen in decay, X exceedingly, fall(-ing down), be (re-)moved, be ready, shake, slide, slip.
Pronounce: mote
Origin: a primitive root
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Acts 2:25• 25For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: (Acts 2:25)
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Psa. 73:23‑26• 23Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
 24Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
 25Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
 26My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. (Psa. 73:23‑26)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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I have.
Psa. 139:18• 18If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. (Psa. 139:18)
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Acts 2:25‑28• 25For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
 26Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
 27Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
 28Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. (Acts 2:25‑28)
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Heb. 11:27• 27By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. (Heb. 11:27)
he is.
Psa. 73:23,26• 23Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
 26My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. (Psa. 73:23,26)
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Psa. 109:31• 31For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul. (Psa. 109:31)
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Psa. 110:5• 5The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. (Psa. 110:5)
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Psa. 121:5• 5The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. (Psa. 121:5)
I shall.
Psa. 15:5• 5He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. (Psa. 15:5)
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Psa. 62:6• 6He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved. (Psa. 62:6)
• Divine life. It looks entirely to the Lord. “I have set (says Christ, walking as man on earth) Jehovah always before me.” He kept Him always in view. How have our hearts to own that this is not always so! how withdrawn from all evil—how powerful morally in the midst of this work should we be, were it always so? There is nothing is this world like the dignity of a man always walking with God. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 16” by J.N. Darby)
• What absence of self, what renouncement of all will, what singleness of eye, and hence bright and earnest activity of purpose when the Lord is the only object and end! (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 16” by J.N. Darby)
• {I shall not be moved} Come what would, Christ waited patiently for Jehovah, looked for no other deliverance. Nor have we to seek any other, and this makes the way perfect. We turn not aside to make the path easier. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 16” by J.N. Darby)
• Guided by the counsel of Jehovah, and with Jehovah always before Him, He ever found in God His support. (“Psalms 16” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I have set Jehovah continually before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.