My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.
Parallel translations
- WEB with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.
- KJV With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
- NKJV With whom My hand shall be established; Also My arm shall strengthen him.
- NASB With whom My hand will be established; My arm also will strengthen him.
- NLT I will steady him with my hand; with my powerful arm I will make him strong.
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Quick answer
God promises to uphold and strengthen His anointed king with His own power.
Overview
The Lord pledges that His hand and arm, images of divine strength, will establish and sustain David. The king's stability rests on God, not himself. This covenant faithfulness reaches its climax in Christ, whom the Father upholds and sustains in His saving work (Isa. 42:1).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Ps 18:32–39It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.
- 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.
- 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 89:13Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.
- Ezek 30:24–25I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and place My sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, who will groan before him like a mortally wounded man.
- Ps 80:15–17the root Your right hand has planted, the son You have raised up for Yourself.
- Isa 49:8This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,
- 2 Sam 7:8–16Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
- Zech 10:12I will strengthen them in the LORD, and in His name they will walk,” declares the LORD.
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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