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Psalm 73

Psa. 73:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Nevertheless I am continually
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
with thee: thou hast holden
'achaz (Hebrew #270)
to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
KJV usage: + be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).
Pronounce: aw-khaz'
Origin: a primitive root
me by my right
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
hand
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 16:8• 8I have set Jehovah before me always;{HR}Because [he is] at my right hand,{HR}I shall not be moved. (Psa. 16:8)
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Psa. 23:4• 4Yea when I shall walk through the valley of the shadow of death,{HR}I will fear no evil, for thou [art] with me;{HR}Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. (Psa. 23:4)
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Psa. 139:1‑12,18• 1To the chief musician: a psalm of David.{HR}Jehovah, thou hast searched me and knowest.
2Thou knowest my sitting and my rising;{HR}Thou understandest (to) my thought from afar.
3Thou siftest my path and my lying down,{HR}And art acquainted with all my ways.
4For there is not a word on my tongue—{HR}Behold, O Jehovah, thou knowest all of it.
5Behind and before thou hast beset me{HR}And laid thy hand upon me.
6Knowledge too wonderful for me!{HR}It is high: I cannot [rise] unto it.
7Whither shall I go from thy Spirit?{HR}And whither flee from thy face?
8If I ascend the heavens, there [art] thou;{HR}And make Sheol my bed, behold, thou [art there];
9I will take wings of dawn,{HR}I will dwell in the utmost end of the sea;
10Even there shall thy hand lead me,{HR}And thy right hand shall hold me.
11And if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me,{HR}And light about me [is] night;
12Even darkness hideth not from thee,{HR}And night shineth as the day;{HR}As the darkness, so the light.
18Would I count them,{HR}They are more than the sand;{HR}I awaked and [am] still with thee.
(Psa. 139:1‑12,18)
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Gen. 17:1• 1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me and be thou perfect. (Gen. 17:1)
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Matt. 1:23• 23Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which is, being interpreted, 'God with us.' (Matt. 1:23)
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Matt. 28:20• 20teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have enjoined you. And behold, I am with you all the days, until the completion of the age. (Matt. 28:20)
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Heb. 13:5• 5Free from love of money [be] your course of life, satisfied with present things, for he hath said, I will not leave thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee: (Heb. 13:5)
thou hast.
 O how the full knowledge of self, when we know as we are known, will show the patient, unvarying grace of God waiting on us all the way in adorable love and interest in us! Through all his foolishness he was continually with God, and God had holden him by his right hand. Blessed grace! (Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 64-77 by J.N. Darby)
 Though he had forgotten God, he learns in the sanctuary that he had never been out of God’s thoughts. In the midst of trials he was continually before God: and when his feet were almost gone, and his steps had well-nigh slipped, he now sees that God held him fast by the hand. (Psalm 73 by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holdeni my right hand;

JND Translation Notes

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Properly "seized."

W. Kelly Translation

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Yet I [am] continually with thee:{HR}Thou hast holden my right hand.