Psalms 16:2
O my soul, you have said unto the LORD, You are my Lord: my goodness extends not to you;
Updated King James Version
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 in you do I put my trust.
3But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
Cross References
Job 35:7If you be righteous, what give you him? or what receives he of yours hand?
Psalms 27:8When you said, Seek all of you my face; my heart said unto you, Your face, LORD, will I seek.
Psalms 50:9I will take no bullock out of your house, nor he goats out of your folds.
Psalms 89:26He shall cry unto me, You are my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
Isaiah 26:13O LORD our God, other lords beside you have had dominion over us: but by you only will we make mention of your name.
Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall 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 →