In prosperity I said, “I will never be shaken.”
Parallel translations
- WEB As for me, I said in my prosperity, “I shall never be moved.”
- KJV And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
- NKJV Now in my prosperity I said, “I shall never be moved.”
- NASB ¶Now as for me, I said in my prosperity, “I will never be moved.”
- NLT When I was prosperous, I said, “Nothing can stop me now!”
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Quick answer
In prosperity David presumed he would never be shaken. It exposes the false security of self-confidence in good times.
Overview
David confesses that ease bred complacency, leading him to trust his own stability rather than God. Prosperity can dull our dependence on the Lord. The verse warns believers against the pride that forgets every blessing comes from God's hand.
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- 2 Cor 12:7or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
- Ps 119:117Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes.
- Luke 12:19Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
- Ps 16:8I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
- Dan 4:30the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
- Isa 47:7You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.
- Ps 10:6He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”
- Ps 15:5who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
- Isa 56:12“Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”
- Job 29:18–20So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.
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