Psalms 16:4
As for the works of men, by the words of thy lips I have guarded myself from hard ways. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
5Direct my steps in thy paths, 1 That my steps slip not. 1
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 savor 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; 1 He brings to nought also the reasonings of the peoples, 1 And brings to nought the counsels of princes. 1
Psalms 106:37And they sow fields, and plant vineyards, 1 And they yield fruit of increase. 1
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 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 →