Psalms 16:6
The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, I have a good inheritance.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
In Context
5The LORD assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.
7I will bless the LORD, who has given me counsel. Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.
Cross References
Psalms 61:6You will prolong the king’s life. His years will be for generations.
Jeremiah 3:19“But I said, ‘How I desire to put you amongst the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!’ and I said, ‘You shall call me “My Father”, and shall not turn away from following me.’
John 20:17Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me, for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
1 Corinthians 3:21Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,
Philippians 2:9Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name,
Hebrews 12:2looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of 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 →