Psalms 16:2
Thou hast said unto Yahweh, My Lord, art thou! My goodness, mounteth not unto thee.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
1Preserve me, O GOD, for I have sought refuge in thee.
Cross References
Job 35:7If thou art righteous, what canst thou give unto him? Or what, at thy hand, can he accept?
Psalms 27:8To thee, said my heart—[When thou saidst] Seek ye my face—Thy face, O Yahweh, will I seek!
Psalms 50:9I will not take out of thy house—a bullock, Nor out of thy folds—he-goats;
Psalms 89:26He, shall cry out unto me, My Father, thou art, My GOD, and my Rock of Salvation!
Isaiah 26:13O Yahweh, our God! Lords other than thee, have owned us,—By thyself alone, will we call upon thy Name.
Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third into the fire, and will smelt them as one smelteth silver, and will try them, as one trieth gold,—It, will call upon my name, and, I, will answer it, and will say, My people, it is! and, it, will say, Yahweh, 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 →