Psalms 16:8

16:8 I constantly trust in the Lord; ¹ 

because he is at my right hand, I will not be upended.

Psalms 112:6

112:6 For he will never be upended;

others will always remember one who is just. ² 

Proverbs 10:30

10:30 The righteous will never be moved,

but the wicked will not inhabit the land. ³ 

Proverbs 12:7

12:7 The wicked are overthrown ⁴  and perish, ⁵ 

but the righteous household ⁶  will stand.

¹ tn Heb “I set the Lord before me continually.” This may mean that the psalmist is aware of the Lord’s presence and sensitive to his moral guidance (see v. 7), or that he trusts in the Lord’s protection (see the following line).

² tn Heb “for an eternal memorial a just [one] will be.”

³ sn This proverb concerns the enjoyment of covenant blessings – dwelling in the land of Israel. It is promised to the righteous for an eternal inheritance, and so the wicked cannot expect to settle there – they will be exiled.

⁴ sn This proverb is about the stability of the righteous in times of trouble. The term “overthrown” might allude to Gen 19:21.

⁵ tn Heb “and they are not.”

⁶ tn Heb “the house of the righteous.” The genitive צַדִּיקִים (tsadiqim) functions as an attributive adjective: “righteous house.” The noun בֵּית (bet, “house”) functions as a synecdoche of container (= house) for the contents (= family, household; perhaps household possessions). Cf. NCV “a good person’s family”; NLT “the children of the godly.”