Psalms 16:3
As for the saints that are in the earth, they are the excellent in whom is all my delight.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
In Context
2I have said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: I have no good beyond thee.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 6:41Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
Psalms 101:6Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall minister unto me.
Psalms 119:63I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that observe thy precepts.
Proverbs 8:31Rejoicing in his habitable earth; and my delight was with the sons of men.
Proverbs 13:20Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise: but the companion of fools shall smart for it.
Song of Solomon 7:10I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.
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 →