David says about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Parallel translations
- WEB For David says concerning him, ‘I saw the Lord always before my face, For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.
- KJV For 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:
- NKJV For David says concerning Him: ‘I foresaw the Lord always before my face, For He is at my right hand, that I may not be shaken.
- NASB For David says of Him, ‘I saw the Lord continually before me, Because He is at my right hand, so that I will not be shaken.
- NLT King David said this about him: ‘I see that the Lord is always with me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me.
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Quick answer
Peter quotes David, who spoke of keeping the Lord always before him and being unshaken. It introduces Scripture's testimony to the resurrection.
Overview
Peter cites Psalm 16 as ultimately spoken of the Christ. David's confidence in God's nearness points beyond himself to the Messiah. This shows the apostolic practice of reading the Psalms as prophetic of Jesus.
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Quotation
- Ps 16:8I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Cross-references · 13
- Ps 16:8–11I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
- Isa 41:13For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.
- Ps 109:31For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
- Ps 62:6He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.
- Isa 50:7–9Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.
- Ps 62:2He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.
- Ps 73:23Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.
- Ps 110:5The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.
- Ps 30:6In prosperity I said, “I will never be shaken.”
- Acts 13:32–36And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers
- Ps 21:7For the king trusts in the LORD; through the loving devotion of the Most High, he will not be shaken.
- Acts 2:29–30Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
- John 16:32“Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
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