Psalms · 11 verses
Psalms 16
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At night, the speaker's conscience gives instruction, though the psalm leaves its lesson charmingly offstage.
A portion chosenvv. 1–8
David asks God to preserve him, then makes a firm little inventory of allegiance: the LORD is his Lord, his chosen portion, his cup, and the security of his lot. The saints delight him; the worship of other gods does not. His boundary lines have fallen in pleasant places, and even the conscience keeps watch at night—what it says is not supplied. With the LORD always before him and at his right hand, he will not be shaken.
The path of lifevv. 9–11
The confidence becomes gladness: heart, tongue, and body all join in. The speaker says that God will not abandon his soul to Sheol or let His Holy One see decay, and ends with a path made known, joy in God's presence, and pleasures at His right hand. The destination is named with considerable brightness, though the road itself remains undescribed.
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Ps 16:1A Miktam of David. Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.
Ps 16:2I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.”
Ps 16:3As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.
Ps 16:4Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips.
Ps 16:5The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
Ps 16:6The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.
Ps 16:7I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.
Ps 16:8I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Ps 16:9Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.
Ps 16:10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
Ps 16:11You have made 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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Where this is echoed
Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 195 passages were voted onto 11 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.
- 11Acts 2:28You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’
- 10Acts 2:27–31because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
- 11Jude 1:24Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
- 8Psalms 62:6He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.
- 11Psalms 36:7–8How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!
- 8Acts 2:25–28David says about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
- 8Psalms 73:23Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.
- 8Psalms 121:5The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.
- 11Revelation 7:15–17For this reason, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One seated on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.
- 11Ephesians 3:19of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
- 10Acts 13:35–38So also, He says in another Psalm: ‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’
- 8Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- 11Psalms 21:4–6He asked You for life, and You granted it—length of days, forever and ever.
- 11Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
- 8Psalms 110:5The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.
- 10Psalms 49:15But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah
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