Psalms 16:2
[O my soul], thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord: my happiness is not without thee;
Leeser Tanakh
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
1“A Michtham of David.” Preserve me, O God; for I have placed my trust in thee.
3[But] in the saints who are on the earth, and in the excellent—in them is all my delight.
Cross References
Job 35:7If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what doth he accept out of thy hand?
Psalms 27:8Of thee, said my heart, “Seek ye my presence”: thy presence, Lord, will I seek.
Psalms 50:9I will not take a bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds.
Psalms 89:26(89:27) He will call unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
Isaiah 26:13O Lord our God, lords have had dominion over us beside thee; [but] of thee only would we make mention,—of thy name.
Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third part into the fire, and I will refine them as one refineth silver, and will probe them as gold is probed: they will call on my name, and I will answer their prayer; I will say, They arc my people; and they will 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 →