And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
Parallel translations
- WEB Then I thought, “I will appeal to this: the years of the right hand of the Most High.”
- BSB So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
- 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
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- Job 42:3Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
- Exod 15:6Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
- Mark 9:24And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
- Ps 31:22For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
- Hab 3:2–13O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
- Ps 77:5I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
- Ps 73:22So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
- Deut 4:34Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
- Num 23:21–22He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
- Lam 3:18–23And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
- Ps 116:11I said in my haste, All men are liars.
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