I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Parallel translations
- WEB I have set Yahweh always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
- KJV I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
- NKJV I have set the Lord always before me; Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.
- NASB I have set the Lord continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
- NLT I know the Lord is always with me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me.
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Quick answer
Because David keeps the Lord always before him and at his right hand, he will not be shaken. It matters because constant awareness of God's presence gives stability in life.
Overview
David sets the Lord always before him, confident that with God at his right hand he cannot be moved. A life oriented toward God's nearness is steady amid trouble. Peter quotes this verse in Acts 2 as spoken by Christ, whose unshaken trust in the Father grounds his resurrection hope.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Ps 62:6He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.
- Acts 2:25–28David says about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
- Ps 73:23Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.
- Ps 121:5The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.
- Ps 73:26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- Ps 110:5The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.
- Ps 109:31For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
- Heb 11:27By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.
- Ps 15:5who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
- Ps 139:18If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.
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