Psalms 16:4
They multiply their idols—another, have they purchased! I will not pour out their drink-offerings of blood, nor will I take up their names on my lips.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
5Yahweh, is mine allotted portion and my cup, Thou, art maintaining my lot.
Cross References
Genesis 35:14And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone,—and he poured out thereon a drink-offering, and poured thereon oil.
Leviticus 23:13and the, meal-offering thereof shall be two-tenth parts of fine meal overflowed with oil, as an altar-flame unto Yahweh a satisfying odour,—and, the drink-offering thereof, [shall be] mine, the fourth of a hin.
Psalms 32:10Many pains, hath the lawless one,—But, he that trusteth in Yahweh, Lovingkindness, shall compass him about.
Psalms 106:37Yea they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to mischievous demons;
Isaiah 65:11But, ye are they—Who forsake Yahweh Who forget my holy mountain—Who prepare, for Fortune, a table and Who fill for Destiny, mixed wine;
Jeremiah 7:18The children, gather wood, and The fathers, kindle the fire, and The women, knead dough,—To make sacrificial cakes to the queen of the heavens, And to pour out drink-offerings to other gods, Provoking me to anger!
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 →