With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
Parallel translations
- WEB with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.
- BSB My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will 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
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- Ps 18:32–39It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
- Isa 42:1Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
- Isa 41:10Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
- Ps 89:13Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
- Ezek 30:24–25And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh’s arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.
- Ps 80:15–17And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
- Isa 49:8Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
- 2 Sam 7:8–16Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
- Zech 10:12And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.
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