Psalms 16:3
To the saints that are on the earth, and to the excellent [thou hast said], In them is all my delight.
Darby Translation
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] hast said to Jehovah, Thou art the Lord: my goodness [extendeth] not to thee;
Cross References
2 Chronicles 6:41And now, arise, Jehovah Elohim, into thy resting-place, thou and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, Jehovah Elohim, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in [thy] goodness.
Psalms 101:6Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
Psalms 119:63I am the companion of all that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
Proverbs 8:31rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights [were] with the sons of men.
Proverbs 13:20He that walketh with wise [men] becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depraved.
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 →