Psalms 16:2
O my soul, you have said to the Lord, You are my Lord: I have no good but you.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;
In Context
1Michtam. Of David. Keep me safe, O God: for in you I have put my faith.
3As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the noble in whom is all my delight.
Cross References
Job 35:7If you are upright, what do you give to him? or what does he take from your hand?
Psalms 27:8When you said, Make search for my face, my heart said to you, For your face will I make my search.
Psalms 50:9I will take no ox out of your house, or he-goats from your flocks;
Psalms 89:26\89:25\I will put his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
Isaiah 26:13O Lord, our God, other lords than you have had rule over us; but in you only is our salvation, and no other name will we take on our lips.
Zechariah 13:9And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.
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 →