Psalms 16:6
The lines are fallen vnto me in pleasant places: yea, I haue a faire heritage.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
In Context
5The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou shalt mainteine my lot.
7I wil prayse the Lord, who hath giuen me counsell: my reines also teach me in the nightes.
Cross References
Psalms 61:6Thou shalt giue the King a long life: his yeeres shalbe as many ages.
Jeremiah 3:19But I sayde, Howe did I take thee for children and giue thee a pleasant lande, euen the glorious heritage of the armies of the heathen, and saide, Thou shalt call mee, saying, My father, and shalt not turne from me?
John 20:17Iesus saith vnto her, Touch me not: for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but goe to my brethren, and say vnto them, I ascend vnto my Father, and to your Father, and to my God, and your God.
1 Corinthians 3:21Therefore let no man reioyce in men: for all things are yours.
Philippians 2:9Wherefore God hath also highly exalted him, and giuen him a Name aboue euery name,
Hebrews 12:2Looking vnto Iesus the authour and finisher of our faith, who for the ioy that was set before him, endured the crosse, and despised the shame, and is set 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 →