Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.
Parallel translations
- WEB Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.
- KJV Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
- NKJV Nevertheless I am continually with You; You hold me by my right hand.
- NASB Nevertheless I am continually with You; You have taken hold of my right hand.
- NLT Yet I still belong to you; you hold my right hand.
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Quick answer
Yet despite his foolishness, Asaph remains continually with God, who holds him by his right hand.
Overview
The great 'nevertheless' turns from confession to assurance: God did not let him go. Even in his doubt, God upheld him by the hand. This sustaining grace, which keeps believers despite their weakness, is fully secured in Christ, from whose hand no one can snatch his own (John 10:28-29).
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 41:13For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.
- Ps 63:8My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.
- Matt 28:20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
- Heb 13:5Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
- Ps 16:8I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
- Ps 23:4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
- Matt 1:23“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
- 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 37:24Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.
- 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 139:1–12For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
- Ps 37:17For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
- Ps 139:18If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.
- Gen 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
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