Psalms 16:2
My soul, you have said to the Lord, "You are my Lord.Apart from you I have no good thing."
New Heart English 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 Poem by David.Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge.
3As for the holy ones who are in the land,they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.
Cross References
Job 35:7If you are righteous, what do you give him?Or what does he receive from your hand?
Psalms 27:8When you said, "Seek my face,"my heart said to you, "I will seek your face, Lord."
Psalms 50:9I have no need for a bull from your stall,nor male goats from your pens.
Psalms 89:26He will call to me, 'You are my Father,my God, and the rock of my salvation!'
Isaiah 26:13The Lord our God, other lords besides you have had dominion over us, but by you only will we make mention of your name.
Zechariah 13:9I will bring the third part into the fire,and will refine them as silver is refined,and will test them like gold is tested.They will call on my name, and I will hear them.I will say, 'It is my people;'and they will say, 'The Lord is my 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 →