Psalms 16:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I have set Jehovah always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שִׁוִּ֬יתִי יְהוָ֣ה לְנֶגְדִּ֣י תָמִ֑יד כִּ֥י מִֽ֝ימִינִ֗י בַּל־אֶמּֽוֹט׃

Transliteration

šiwwîtî YHWH before me tāmîd because from-ymînî bal-ʾemmôṭ

Grammar Details

*šiwwîtî*: perfect verb, 1st person singular - I have set/placed
*YHWH*: divine name - LORD
before me: preposition with 1st person suffix - before/in front of me
*tāmîd*: adverb - continually/always
from-*ymînî*: preposition + noun with 1st person suffix - from my right hand
*bal*-*ʾemmôṭ*: negative particle + imperfect verb, 1st person singular - I will not be shaken

Word Meanings

*šiwwîtî*: I have set/I have placed/I have put
*YHWH*: LORD/Yahweh/Jehovah (divine name)
*tāmîd*: continually/always/perpetually
*ymînî*: my right hand/my right side (position of honor/strength)
*ʾemmôṭ*: I will be shaken/I will be moved/I will slip

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 73:23 : 23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden my right hand.
Ps 110:5 : 5 The Lord at thy right hand Will strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
Ps 121:5 : 5 Jehovah is thy keeper: Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand.
Acts 2:25-28 : 25 For David saith concerning him, I beheld the Lord {G1223} always before my face; For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: 26 Therefore {G2165} my {G5124} heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; {G2532} Moreover my flesh also shall dwell in hope: 27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul unto Hades, Neither wilt thou give thy Holy One to see corruption. 28 Thou madest known unto me the ways of life; Thou shalt make me full of gladness with thy countenance.
Ps 73:26 : 26 My flesh and my heart faileth; [But] God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
Ps 109:31 : 31 For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, To save him from them that judge his soul.
Ps 15:5 : 5 He that putteth not out his money to interest, Nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
Ps 62:6 : 6 He only is my rock and my salvation: [He is] my high tower; I shall not be moved.
Ps 139:18 : 18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: When I awake, I am still with thee.
Heb 11:27 : 27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

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