Psalms 16:1
“A psalm off David.” Preserve me, O God! for to thee do I look for help.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
In Context
2I have said to Jehovah, Thou art my Lord; I have no happiness beyond thee!
Cross References
Psalms 7:1“A psalm of David, which he sang to Jehovah, on account of the reproaches of Cush the Benjamite.” O Jehovah, my God! to thee do I look for help; Save me from them that persecute me, and deliver me!
Psalms 9:10They who know thy name put their trust in thee; For thou, O LORD! forsakest not them that seek thee!
Psalms 17:8Guard me as the apple of the eye; Hide me under the shadow of thy wings
Psalms 25:20Guard thou my life, and deliver me! Let me not be put to shame, for I have trusted in thee!
Psalms 37:28For the LORD loveth righteousness, And forsaketh not his servants; They are preserved for ever; But the posterity of the wicked shall be rooted out.
Psalms 60:1“For the leader of the music; upon the Shushan-Eduth; a psalm of David for instruction; when he was at strife with the Syrians of Mesopotamia, and the Syrians of Zoba; when Joab returned, and smote twelve thousand Edomites in the valley of Salt.” O God! thou hast forsaken us; thou hast broken us in pieces; Thou hast been angry! O revive us again!
Matthew Henry on Psalms 16:1
This psalm has something of David in it, but much more of Christ. It begins with such expressions of devotion as may be applied to Christ; but concludes with such confidence of a resurrection (and so timely a one as to prevent corruption) as must be applied to Christ, to him only, and cannot be understood of David, as both St. Peter and St. Paul have observed, Acts ii. 24 ; xiii. 36 . For David died, and was buried, and saw corruption. I. David speaks of himself as a member of Christ, and so he speaks the language… Read the whole commentary →