Psalms 16:6
I have cried out because you, O God, have listened to me. Incline your ear to me and heed my words.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
In Context
5Perfect my steps in your paths, so that my footsteps may not be disturbed.
7Make your mercies wonderful, for you save those who hope in you.
Cross References
Psalms 61:6Yet, truly, my soul will be subject to God. For from him is my patience.
Jeremiah 3:19But I said: How shall I place you among the sons, and distribute to you a desirable land, the preeminent inheritance of the host of the Gentiles? And I said: You will call me Father, and you will not cease to walk after me.
John 20:17Jesus said to her: “Do not touch me. For I have not yet ascended to my Father. But go to my brothers and tell them: ‘I am ascending to my Father and to your Father, to my God and to your God.’”
1 Corinthians 3:21And so, let no one glory in men.
Philippians 2:9Because of this, God has also exalted him and has given him a name which is above every name,
Hebrews 12:2Let us gaze upon Jesus, as the Author and the completion of our faith, who, having joy laid out before him, endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and who now sits at the right hand of the throne of 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 →