Psalms 16:3
As for the sanctified who are in the earth, they are the excellent in whom is all my delight.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
In Context
2Thou [my soul] have said to LORD, Thou are my LORD. I have no good beyond thee.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 6:41Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting-place, thou, and the ark of thy strength. Let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy sanctified rejoice in goodness.
Psalms 101:6My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, he shall minister to me.
Psalms 119:63I am a companion of all those who fear thee, and of those who observe thy precepts.
Proverbs 8:31rejoicing in his habitable earth. And my delight was with the sons of men.
Proverbs 13:20Walk with wise men, and thou shall be wise. But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
Song of Solomon 7:10I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 16:2-8
Believing Confidence; Consecration to God. 1 Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. 2 O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord , Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee; 3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. 4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips. 5 The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my… Read the whole commentary →