Psalms 16:2
I have said unto the LORD: 'Thou art my Lord; I have no good but in Thee';
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;
In Context
1Michtam of David. Keep me, O God; for I have taken refuge in Thee.
3As for the holy that are in the earth, they are the excellent in whom is all my delight.
Cross References
Job 35:7If thou be righteous, what givest thou Him? Or what receiveth He of thy hand?
Psalms 27:8In Thy behalf my heart hath said: 'Seek ye My face'; Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
Psalms 50:9I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds.
Psalms 89:26(89-27) He shall call unto Me: Thou art my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
Isaiah 26:13O LORD our God, other lords beside Thee have had dominion over us; but by Thee only do we make mention of Thy name.
Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried; they shall call on My name, and I will answer them; I will say: 'It is My people', and they shall say: 'The LORD is my 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 →