Psalm 16:1-4

You Will Not Abandon My Soul

A Miktam 1 of David.

1
Preserve me, O God, for in you I i take refuge.
 2 I say to the Lord, "You are my Lord;
j I have no good apart from you."

3 As for k the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
in whom is all my delight. 2

4 The sorrows of those who run after 3 another god shall multiply;
their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or l take their names on my lips.

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 56:1
    Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me; all day long an attacker oppresses me.
    Psalms 57:1
    Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by.
    Psalms 60:1
    O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses; you have been angry; oh, restore us.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 11:1
    In the Lord I take refuge; how can you say to my soul, "Flee like a bird to your mountain.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 73:25
    Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
  4. Cross References
    Exodus 19:6
    And you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.
    Deuteronomy 7:6
    For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
    1 Peter 2:9
    But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 23:13
    Pay attention to all that I have said to you, and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let it be heard on your lips.
    Joshua 23:7
    That you may not mix with these nations remaining among you or make mention of the names of their gods or swear by them or serve them or bow down to them.
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