'Hand' in the Bible

To the left (north) He turns, but I cannot behold Him;He turns to the right hand (south), but I cannot see Him.

“By His breath the heavens are cleared;His hand has pierced the [swiftly] fleeing serpent.

“I will teach you regarding the hand (power) of God;I will not conceal what is with the Almighty [God’s actual treatment of the wicked].

“Man puts his hand on [and tears apart] the flinty rock;He overturns the mountains at the base [looking for treasure].

‘My glory and honor are fresh in me [being constantly renewed],And my bow gains [ever] new strength in my hand.’

“On my right the [rabble] brood rises;They push my feet away, and they build up their ways of destruction against me [like an advancing army].

“You have become harsh and cruel to me;With the might of Your hand You [keep me alive only to] persecute me.

“However, does not one falling in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand?Or in his disaster [will he not] therefore cry out for help?

If I have lifted my hand against the orphan,Because I saw [that the judges would be] my help at the [council] gate,

If I gloated and rejoiced because my wealth was great,And because my [powerful] hand [alone] had obtained so much,

And my heart became secretly enticed [by them],And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth [in respect to them],

“In a moment they die, even at midnightThe people are shaken and pass away,And the powerful are taken away without a [human] hand.

“If you are righteous, what do you give God,Or what does He receive from your hand?

“God seals (brings to a standstill, stops) [by severe weather] the hand of every man,That all men [whom He has made] may know His work [that is, His sovereign power and their subjection to it].

“Behold, I am of little importance and contemptible; what can I reply to You?I lay my hand on my mouth.

“[If you can do all this, Job, proving your divine power] then I [God] will also praise you and acknowledgeThat your own right hand can save you.

“Lay your hand on him;Remember the battle [with him]; you will not do such [an ill-advised thing] again!

Arise, O Lord! O God, lift up Your hand [in judgment];Do not forget the suffering.

You have seen it, for You have noted mischief and vexation (irritation) to take it into Your hand.The unfortunate commits himself to You;You are the helper of the fatherless.

I have set the Lord continually before me;Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

You will show me the path of life;In Your presence is fullness of joy;In Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.

Wondrously show Your [marvelous and amazing] lovingkindness,O Savior of those who take refuge at Your right handFrom those who rise up against them.

From men with Your hand, O Lord,From men of the world [these moths of the night] whose portion [of enjoyment] is in this life—idle and vain,And whose belly You fill with Your treasure;They are satisfied with children,And they leave what they have left [of wealth] to their children.

You have also given me the shield of Your salvation,And Your right hand upholds and sustains me;Your gentleness [Your gracious response when I pray] makes me great.

Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed;He will answer him from His holy heavenWith the saving strength of His right hand.

Your hand will reach out and defeat all your enemies;Your right hand will reach those who hate you.

And You have not given me into the hand of the enemy;You have set my feet in a broad place.

For day and night Your hand [of displeasure] was heavy upon me;My energy (vitality, strength) was drained away as with the burning heat of summer. Selah.

Do not let the foot of the proud [person] overtake me,And do not let the hand of the wicked drive me away.

When he falls, he will not be hurled down,Because the Lord is the One who holds his hand and sustains him.

For Your arrows have sunk into me and penetrate deeply,And Your hand has pressed down on me and greatly disciplined me.

“Remove Your plague from me;I am wasting away because of the conflict and opposition of Your hand.

You drove out the [pagan] nations with Your own hand;Then you planted and established them (Israel);[It was by Your power that] You uprooted the [pagan] peoples,Then You spread them abroad.

For our fathers did not possess the land [of Canaan] by their own sword,Nor did their own arm save them,But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence,Because You favored and delighted in them.

And in Your majesty ride on triumphantlyFor the cause of truth and humility and righteousness;Let Your right hand guide You to awesome things.

Kings’ daughters are among Your noble ladies;At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.

As is Your name, O God,So is Your praise to the ends of the earth;Your right hand is full of righteousness (rightness, justice).

That Your beloved ones may be rescued,Save with Your right hand and answer us.

My soul [my life, my very self] clings to You;Your right hand upholds me.

Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked (godless),From the grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man.

Nevertheless I am continually with You;You have taken hold of my right hand.

Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand [from judging the enemy]?Remove Your hand from Your chest, destroy them!

For a cup [of His wrath] is in the hand of the Lord, and the wine foams;It is well mixed and fully spiced, and He pours out from it;And all the wicked of the earth must drain it and drink down to its dregs.

In the day of my trouble I [desperately] sought the Lord;In the night my hand was stretched out [in prayer] without weariness;My soul refused to be comforted.

And I said, “This is my grief,That the right hand of the Most High has changed [and His lovingkindness is withheld].”

You led Your people like a flockBy the hand of Moses and Aaron [to the promised goal].

They did not remember [the miracles worked by] His [powerful] hand,Nor the day when He redeemed them from the enemy,

So He brought them to His holy land,To this mountain [Zion] which His right hand had acquired.

Even the stock which Your right hand has planted,And [look down on] the son that You have reared and strengthened for Yourself.

Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,Upon the son of man whom You have made strong for Yourself.

“Then I would quickly subdue and humble their enemiesAnd turn My hand against their adversaries;

Rescue the weak and needy;Rescue them from the hand of the wicked.

Cast away [from the living] and abandoned among the dead,Like the slain who lie in a [nameless] grave,Whom You no longer remember,And they are cut off from Your hand.

You have a strong arm;Mighty is Your hand, Your right hand is exalted.

With whom My hand shall be established and steadfast;My arm also shall strengthen him.

“I will also set his hand on the [Mediterranean] sea,And his right hand on the rivers [the tributaries of the Euphrates].

You have exalted the right hand of his foes;You have made all his enemies rejoice.

What man can live and not see death?Can he rescue his soul from the [powerful] hand of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead)? Selah.

A thousand may fall at your sideAnd ten thousand at your right hand,But danger will not come near you.

In whose hand are the depths of the earth;The peaks of the mountains are His also.

For He is our GodAnd we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand.Today, if you will hear His voice,

You who love the Lord, hate evil;He protects the souls of His godly ones (believers),He rescues them from the hand of the wicked.

O sing to the Lord a new song,For He has done marvelous and wonderful things;His right hand and His holy arm have gained the victory for Him.

You give it to them, they gather it up;You open Your hand, they are filled and satisfied with good [things].

So He saved them from the hand of the one that hated them,And redeemed them from the hand of the [Egyptian] enemy.

Therefore He lifted up His hand [swearing] to them,That He would cause them to fall in the wilderness,

Their enemies also oppressed them,And they were subdued under the [powerful] hand of their enemies.

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,

That Your beloved [ones] may be rescued,Save with Your right hand, and answer me!

Appoint a wicked man against him,And let an attacker stand at his right hand [to kill him].

And let them know that this is Your hand;You, Lord, have done it.

For He will stand at the right hand of the needy,To save him from those who judge his soul.

The Lord (Father) says to my Lord (the Messiah, His Son),“Sit at My right handUntil I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet [subjugating them into complete submission].”

The Lord is at Your right hand,He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.

The sound of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous:The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.

The right hand of the Lord is exalted;The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.

My life is continually in my hand,Yet I do not forget Your law.

Let Your hand be ready to help me,For I have chosen Your precepts.

The Lord is your keeper;The Lord is your shade on your right hand.

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,And as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,So our eyes look to the Lord our God,Until He is gracious and favorable toward us.

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,So are the children of one’s youth.

With which the reaper does not fill his hand,Nor the binder of sheaves his arms,

With a strong hand and with an outstretched arm,For His lovingkindness endures forever;

If I forget you, O Jerusalem,Let my right hand forget [her skill with the harp].

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me;You will stretch out Your hand against the wrath of my enemies,And Your right hand will save me.

You have enclosed me behind and before,And [You have] placed Your hand upon me.

Even there Your hand will lead me,And Your right hand will take hold of me.

Look to the right [the point of attack] and see;For there is no one who has regard for me [to act in my favor].Escape has failed me and I have nowhere to run;No one cares about my life.

Stretch out Your hand from above;Set me free and rescue me from great waters,Out of the hands of [hostile] foreigners [who surround us]

You open Your handAnd satisfy the desire of every living thing.

“Because I called and you refused [to answer],I stretched out my hand and no one has paid attention [to my offer];

Long life is in her right hand;In her left hand are riches and honor.

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due [its rightful recipients],When it is in your power to do it.

Do not turn away to the right nor to the left [where evil may lurk];Turn your foot from [the path of] evil.

Tear yourself away like a gazelle from the hand of the hunterAnd like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Poor is he who works with a negligent and idle hand,But the hand of the diligent makes him rich.

The hand of the diligent will rule,But the negligent and lazy will be put to forced labor.

Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom,When he has no common sense or even a heart for it?

The lazy man buries his hand in the [food] dish,But will not even bring it to his mouth again.

The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord;He turns it whichever way He wishes.