Psalms 16:2
I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.”
Majority Standard Bible
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
1A Miktam of David. Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.
3As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.
Cross References
Job 35:7If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?
Psalms 27:8My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.
Psalms 50:9I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,
Psalms 89:26He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
Isaiah 26:13O LORD our God, other lords besides You have ruled over us, but Your name alone do we confess.
Zechariah 13:9This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our 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 →