Psalms 16:6
The lines are fallen unto me in goodly places: for my inheritance is goodly to me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 61:6For thou, my God, hast heard my prayer: thou hast given an inheritance to them that fear thy name.
Jeremiah 3:19But I said: How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a lovely land, the goodly inheritance of the armies of the Gentiles? And I said: Thou shalt call me father and shalt cease to walk after me.
John 20:17Jesus saith to her: Do not touch me, for I am not yet ascended to my Father. But go to my brethren, and say to them: I ascend to my Father and to your Father, to my God and your God.
1 Corinthians 3:21Let no man therefore glory in men.
Philippians 2:9For which cause God also hath exalted him, and hath given him a name which is above all names:
Hebrews 12:2Looking on Jesus, the author and finisher of faith, who having joy set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and now sitteth on 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 →