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Psalms 16:4

Therefore, may my mouth not speak the works of men. I have kept to difficult ways because of the words of your lips.

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3You have tested my heart and visited it by night. You have examined me by fire, and iniquity has not been found in me.

5Perfect my steps in your paths, so that my footsteps may not be disturbed.

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Cross References

Genesis 35:14In truth, he set up a monument of stone, in the place where God had spoken to him, pouring out libations over it, and pouring oil,

Leviticus 23:13And the libations shall be offered with it: two-tenths of fine wheat flour sprinkled with oil, as an incense and a most sweet odor for the Lord; likewise, libations of wine, the fourth part of a hin.

Psalms 32:10The Lord scatters the counsels of the nations. Moreover, he reproves the thoughts of the people, and he rejects the counsels of the leaders.

Psalms 106:37And they sowed fields and planted vineyards, and they produced the fruit of nativity.

Isaiah 65:11And you who have forsaken the Lord, who have forgotten my holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune, and who offer libations concerning her:

Jeremiah 7:18The sons gather the wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the wives spread the grease, so as to make cakes to the queen of heaven and to offer libations to strange gods, and so as to provoke me to anger.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

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