So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Then I thought, “I will appeal to this: the years of the right hand of the Most High.”
- KJV And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
- NKJV And I said, “This is my anguish; But I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.”
- NASB Then I said, “It is my grief, That the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
- NLT And I said, “This is my fate; the Most High has turned his hand against me.”
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Quick answer
Asaph resolves to appeal to the years of the right hand of the Most High, turning from doubt to remembrance.
Overview
This verse marks the decisive turning point of the psalm. Rather than dwell on his fears, Asaph chooses to recall the mighty deeds of God's powerful right hand. This intentional shift from feelings to God's proven faithfulness is the path out of despair, teaching believers to preach God's works to their troubled hearts.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Job 42:3You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
- Exod 15:6Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.
- Mark 9:24Immediately the boy’s father cried out, “I do believe; help my unbelief!”
- Ps 31:22In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
- Hab 3:2–13O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!
- Ps 77:5I considered the days of old, the years long in the past.
- Ps 73:22I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
- Deut 4:34Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?
- Num 23:21–22He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them.
- Lam 3:18–23So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”
- Ps 116:11In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”
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