Psalms 16

A miktam of David.

1 [a]Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge.
2 I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.”
3 I say of the holy people who are in the land, “They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.”
4 Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more. I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods or take up their names on my lips.
5 LORD, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure.
6 The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.
7 I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me.
8 I keep my eyes always on the LORD. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure,
10 because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful[b] one see decay.
11 You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

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Cross References 27

  • 1. S Psalms 12:7; Psalms 17:8
  • 2. Psalms 2:12; Psalms 7:1
  • 3. Psalms 31:14; Psalms 118:28; Psalms 140:6
  • 4. Psalms 73:25
  • 5. Deuteronomy 33:3; Psalms 30:4; Psalms 85:8; Daniel 7:18; Acts 9:13; Romans 1:7
  • 6. Psalms 101:6
  • 7. Psalms 32:10; Proverbs 23:29
  • 8. Exodus 18:11; Exodus 20:3; S Deuteronomy 8:19; S Deuteronomy 31:20; Psalms 106:37-38
  • 9. S Exodus 23:13
  • 10. S Leviticus 2:2; Psalms 73:26
  • 11. Psalms 23:5; Psalms 75:8; Psalms 116:13; Isaiah 51:17; Lamentations 4:21; Ezekiel 23:32-34; Habakkuk 2:16
  • 12. S Job 31:2
  • 13. S Deuteronomy 19:14; Psalms 104:9; Proverbs 8:29; Jeremiah 5:22
  • 14. S Job 22:26; Psalms 78:55; Jeremiah 3:19
  • 15. Psalms 73:24; Proverbs 15:22; Isaiah 11:2
  • 16. Job 35:10; Psalms 42:8; Psalms 77:6
  • 17. 1 Kings 2:19; 1 Chronicles 6:39; Psalms 73:23
  • 18. Psalms 15:5
  • 19. Psalms 4:7; Psalms 13:5; Psalms 28:7; Psalms 30:11
  • 20. S Deuteronomy 33:28; Psalms 4:8
  • 21. S Numbers 16:30; Psalms 30:3; Psalms 31:17; Psalms 86:13; Hosea 13:14
  • 22. S 2 Kings 19:22
  • 23. S Job 17:14; Acts 2:31; Acts 13:35*
  • 24. Psalms 139:24; Matthew 7:14
  • 25. Acts 2:25-28*
  • 26. Psalms 21:6; Psalms 36:7-8
  • 27. Psalms 80:17

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Title: Probably a literary or musical term
  • [b]. Or "holy"

Psalms 16 Commentaries

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