Psalms 73:23

23 Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand.

Psalms 73:23 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
English Standard Version (ESV)
23 Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand.
New Living Translation (NLT)
23 Yet I still belong to you; you hold my right hand.
The Message Bible (MSG)
23 I'm still in your presence, but you've taken my hand.
American Standard Version (ASV)
23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden my right hand.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
23 Yet, I am always with you. You hold on to my right hand.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
23 Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
23 But I am always with you. You hold me by my right hand.

Psalms 73:23 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 73:23

Nevertheless, I am continually with thee
Upon the heart of God, in his hands, under his eye, under his wings of protection and care, and not suffered to depart from him finally and totally; he could not be disunited and removed from him by the above temptation; nor was he left to cast off the fear of the Lord, and to forsake his worship and service; nor altogether to lose his love and affection for him, which still continued; see ( Psalms 73:25 ) , or "I shall be always with thee" {z}; not now, for though the saints are always in union with the Lord, yet they have not always communion with him; but hereafter, in heaven, to all eternity:

thou hast holden me by my right hand;
as an instance of condescension, respect, and familiarity; see ( Acts 23:19 ) , as a parent takes his child by the hand, and learns it to go, so the Lord takes his children by the hand, and teaches them to walk by faith in him, ( Hosea 11:3 ) or in order to keep them from falling, and bear them up under temptations and exercises; as well as to lead them into more intimate communion with himself in his sanctuary, and to raise them up out of their low estate to an exalted one; see ( Isaiah 45:1 ) , and likewise to put something into their hands, to supply their wants, and fill them with his good things; see ( Ezekiel 16:49 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F26 (dymt ynaw) "ego jugiter futurus sum", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "itaque ego in posterum semper tecum ero", Michaelis.

Psalms 73:23 In-Context

21 When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered,
22 I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you.
23 Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand.
24 You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you.

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Genesis 48:13
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