Psalm - 139:10



10 Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.

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Explanation and meaning of Psalm 139:10.

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Even there will I be guided by your hand, and your right hand will keep me.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Even there shall thy hand lead me - I shall find thee there; thy hand would be upon me; I should not have gone from thy presence.
And thy right hand shall hold me - Still hold me; still be laid upon me. I should find myself there, as certainly as here, in thy hand; and in the same sense - either to seize upon me if I went astray, or to protect me, if obedient, supported by thee in all the perils of the flight. God, still the same - the same in all respects - would be with me there as he is here.

Even there shall thy hand (f) lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
(f) Your power holds me so fast that there is no way I can escape from you.

Even there shall thy hand lead me,.... For he could not get there with all the assistance of the wings of the morning, could they be had, without the leadings of divine Providence; and when there, being a good man, should experience the leadings of divine grace; let the people of God be where they will, he heads them as a parent his child, teaching him to go; and as a shepherd his flock, into green pastures, and to fountains of living water; he leads to himself, and to his Son by his Spirit; into communion and fellowship with them, and to a participation of all blessings grace; guides them with his counsel, and directs all their ways and going;
and thy right hand shall hold me; the Lord lays hold on his people, and apprehends them for himself, and claims his interest in them; he holds them in his ways, that they slip and fall not; he upholds them with the right hand of his righteousness, and they are safe; and he holds them from going into or on in wrong ways to their hurt.

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