King James Version
Psalms 73:23 in the King James Version says “Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 73 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.”
Psalms 73:23 · KJV
Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. ignorant: Heb. I knew not before Heb. with
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Nevertheless I am continually”
H8548properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); elliptically the re
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
“with thee thou hast holden”
H270to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
“hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“me by my right”
H3225the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
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