Psalms 63:8

David's soul clings closely to God, and God's right hand holds him fast. It pictures mutual nearness: the believer clinging, God upholding.

Cross-references · 19

• Isa 41:10Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.
• Ps 18:35You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me.
• Ps 73:23Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.
• Song 2:6His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
• Ps 37:24Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.
• Ps 94:18If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
• Isa 42:1“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
• Ps 73:25Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.
• Ps 41:12In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.
• Col 1:29To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.
• Phil 2:12–13Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
• Isa 26:9My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
• Gen 32:26–28Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
• Matt 11:12From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subject to violence, and the violent lay claim to it.
• Luke 13:24“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
• Luke 18:5–7yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice. Then she will stop wearing me out with her perpetual requests.’”
• 2 Chr 31:21He was diligent in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered.
• Song 3:2I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.
• Ps 143:6–7I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah

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