And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
Parallel translations
- WEB As for me, I said in my prosperity, “I shall never be moved.”
- BSB In prosperity I said, “I will never be shaken.”
- 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 12:7And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
- Ps 119:117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
- Luke 12:19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
- Ps 16:8I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
- Dan 4:30The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
- Isa 47:7And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.
- Ps 10:6He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
- Ps 15:5He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
- Isa 56:12Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
- Job 29:18–20Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
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