even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me.
Parallel translations
- WEB Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.
- KJV Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
- BSB even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.
- NKJV Even there Your hand shall lead me, And Your right hand shall hold me.
- NASB Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will take hold of me.
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Quick answer
Even in the farthest place, God's hand would lead and hold David fast.
Overview
David's flight imagined in the previous verse ends not in abandonment but in God's guiding, sustaining grip. Wherever he goes, the Lord leads and upholds him. This promise of God's leading and holding hand is the believer's security in Christ, who keeps His people and will never let them go.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Ps 23:3He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
- Isa 41:13For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I will help you.’
- Ps 73:23Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.
- Ps 63:8My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.
- Ps 143:9–10Deliver me, Yahweh, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me.
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