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Psalms 30:6
In prosperity I said, “I will never be shaken.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist speaks of himself during a period of prosperity, positioned between his description of joy replacing weeping (30:5) and his account of God’s sustaining favor and subsequent dismay when God hid His face (30:7).
The words — שַׁלְוָתִי (shalvati) means “my prosperity,” and אֶמּוֹט ('emmot) means “I will be shaken,” capturing the psalmist’s declaration of perceived stability.
The thread — The danger of self-reliant confidence in favorable circumstances surfaces in Luke 12:19 and 2 Corinthians 12:7, while the necessity of divine support to remain unshaken is stated in Psalms 119:117.
Why it lands — It demands that readers examine their own claims of permanent stability and recognize that true security requires dependence on God rather than self-assurance.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
Cross-references
- 2 Corinthians 12:7 or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
- Psalms 119:117 Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes.
- Luke 12:19 Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
- Psalms 16:8 I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
- Daniel 4:30 the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”
- Isaiah 47:7 You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.
- Job 29:18 So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.
- Psalms 10:6 He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”
- Psalms 15:5 who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
- Isaiah 56:12 “Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”