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Psalms 16:1
1Please keep me safe, God, because I come to you for help.
Psalms 16:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
- New International Version (NIV)Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Preserve me, O God, for in You I put my trust.
Context of Psalms 16:1
Please keep me safe, God, because I come to you for help. 2I have said to the Lord, ‘You are my Lord. All the good things that I have in my life are gifts from you.’ 3When I think about your own people who live in this land, it makes me happy! They are truly great people!
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שָֽׁמְרֵ֥נִי אֵ֝֗ל כִּֽי־חָסִ֥יתִי בָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 16:1
- Psalms 56:1God, please be kind to me, and help me, because people are fighting me. My enemies are attacking me every day.
- Psalms 60:1God, you have turned against us, and you have broken down our strong walls. You are angry with us, but please make us strong again!
- Psalms 17:5No, I carefully follow your ways. I do not turn away from them.
- Psalms 31:23Love the Lord, all you people who belong to him! If people serve the Lord faithfully, he keeps them safe. But if people are proud, he punishes them as they deserve.
- Psalms 37:28The Lord loves justice. He will never leave those who serve him. He will take care of them for ever, but he will remove the children of wicked people.
- Psalms 97:10If you love the Lord, then hate anything that is evil. The Lord protects the lives of those who serve him. He keeps them safe from the power of wicked people.
- Psalms 116:6The Lord takes care of weak people. I was in danger of death, and he saved me!
- Proverbs 2:8He protects the lives of righteous people. He takes care of people who serve him faithfully.
- Psalms 9:10Everyone who knows you, Lord, trusts in you. You will never turn away from anyone who comes to you for help.
- Psalms 22:8They say, ‘He should trust in the Lord! The Lord should save him. If the Lord is really happy with him, the Lord should rescue him.’
- Psalms 25:20Keep my life safe and take care of me. I have come to you to keep me safe, so do not let me be ashamed.
- Psalms 84:12Lord Almighty, you have truly blessed everyone who trusts in you!
- Psalms 125:1People who trust in the Lord are strong, like Mount Zion. Nothing can shake it. It will always be there.
- Psalms 146:5The person who knows that the God of Jacob will help him is a happy person! If he trusts in the Lord as his God, he is happy.
- Isaiah 26:3Lord, you keep those people safe who continue to trust in you. You give them peace in their minds, because they believe in you.
- Jeremiah 17:7The Lord blesses people who trust in him. They know that the Lord will help them.
Commentaries on Psalms 16:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust - On the mode of interpretation which I have hinted at above, I consider this a prayer of the man Christ Jesus on his entering on his great atoning work, particularly his passion in the garden of Gethsemane. In that passion, Jesus Christ most evidently speaks as man; and with the strictest propriety, as it was the manhood, not the Godhead, that was engaged in the suffering. שמרני shomreni, keep me…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Preserve me, O God - Keep me; guard me; save me. This language implies that there was imminent danger of some kind - perhaps, as the subsequent part of the psalm would seem to indicate, danger of death. See Psalm 16:8-10. The idea here is, that God was able to preserve him from the impending danger, and that he might hope he would do it. For in thee do I put my trust - That is, my hope is in thee. He had no other reliance than God; but he had confidence…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1This psalm begins with expressions of devotion, which may be applied to Christ; but ends with such confidence of a resurrection, as must be applied to Christ, and to him only. --David flees to God's protection, with cheerful, believing confidence. Those who have avowed that the Lord is their Lord, should often put themselves in mind of what they have done, take the comfort of it, and live up to it. He devotes himself to the honour of God, in the service…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1The psalmist feels safe because only the Lord offers: security (Psalm 16:5–6), guidance (Psalm 16:7–8), and the joy of his presence (Psalm 16:9–11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-11golden (Psalm)," or "a memorial" are explanations proposed by some--neither of which, however applicable here, appears adapted to the other Psalms where the term occurs. According to Peter (Ac 2:25) and Paul (Ac 13:35), this Psalm relates to Christ and expresses the feelings of His human nature, in view of His sufferings and victory over death and the grave, including His subsequent exaltation at the right hand of God. Such was the exposition of the best…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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