John Trapp on Psalms 16:8

Verſ. 8. I have ſet the Lord alwaies before mee] Heb. I have equally ſet, or propoſed.Ex Syro Serm. The Apoſtle tranſlateth it, I foreſee the Lord alwaies before my face, Act. 2.25. I ſet the eye of my faith full upon him, and ſuffer it not to take to other things; I look him in the face, ocul[illegible: 1 letter]irretorto, as the Eagle looketh upon the Sun; and oculo adamantino, with an eye of Adamant, which turns only to one point: ſo here, I have equally ſet the Lord before mee, without irregular affections and paſſions. And this was one of thoſe leſſons that his reines had taught him, that the holy Spirit had dictated unto him.

Becauſe h[illegible: 1 letter]e is at my right hand] To help mee that I fall not, ſaith R. David, or as a thing that I cannot but remember, as being of continuall uſe to mee. It is as neceſſary to remember God, as to draw breath, ſaith Chryſoſtome.

I ſhall not be moved] i.e. not greatly moved, as Pſal. 62.2. though Satan ſtand at the right hand of a godly man, to reſiſt and annoy him, Zech. 3.1. yet ſo long as God is at his right hand to aſſiſt and comfort him, and hee at Gods right hand, Pſal. 45.9. (which is a place of honour and ſafety) hee cannot bee moved. The gates of Hell ſhall never prevail; Chriſt, our Sampſon, hath flung them off their hinges.