Psalms 16:4
As for the works of men, by the words of thy lips I have + 16:4 Lit. I have observed hard ways.guarded myself from hard ways.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
5Direct my steps in thy paths, that my steps slip not.
Cross References
Genesis 35:14And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God spoke with him, even a pillar of stone; and offered a libation upon it, and poured oil upon it.
Leviticus 23:13And its meat-offering two tenth portions of fine flour mingled with oil: it is a sacrifice to the Lord, a smell of sweet savour to the Lord, and its drink-offering the fourth part of a hin of wine.
Psalms 32:10The Lord frustrates the counsels of the nations; he brings to nought also the reasonings of the peoples, and brings to nought the counsels of princes.
Psalms 106:37And they sow fields, and plant vineyards, and they yield fruit of increase.
Isaiah 65:11But ye are they that have left me, and forget my holy mountain, and prepare a table for the devil, and fill up the + 65:11 Gr. mixture.drink-offering to Fortune.
Jeremiah 7:18Their children gather wood, and their fathers kindle a fire, and their women knead dough, to make cakes to the host of heaven; and they have poured out drink-offerings to strange gods, that they might 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 →