Psalms 16:1
Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
KJV
Oratio David. Exaudi, Domine, justitiam meam ; intende deprecationem meam. Auribus percipe orationem meam, non in labiis dolosis.
Vulgate
Προσευχὴ τοῦ Δαυείδ. Εἰσάκουσον, Κύριε, τῆς δικαιοσύνης μου, πρόσχες τῇ δεήσει μου· ἐνώτισαι τῆς προσευχῆς μου οὐκ ἐν χείλεσιν δολίοις.
LXX
Preserve me, O God; for in thee do I take refuge.
ASV
מִכְתָּ֥ם לְ/דָוִ֑ד שָֽׁמְרֵ֥/נִי אֵ֝֗ל כִּֽי חָסִ֥יתִי בָֽ/ךְ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
חָסִ֑יתִי
chsyty
verb · 35×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מִכְתָּ֑ם
mktm
noun · 6×
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י
shmry
verb · 467×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. David expresses his confidence in God as his portion and inheritance. The words "thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption" are directly applied by Peter to the resurrection of Christ. David spoke as a prophet, knowing that God had sworn to raise up Christ to sit on his thron…
'Preserve me, O Lord, for in Thee have I put my trust.' See Ps. xvi. 1. This is spoken in the person of Christ, who says: 'I have said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord; my goods are nothing unto Thee.' See Ps. xvi. 2. The humanity of Christ speaks to His divinity, for the human nature profited nothing to the divine, but the divine profited everything to the human. And then: 'Tho…
Cross-references
- 2Cor 1:9 — But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
- 2Tim 1:12 — For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against th
- Isa 26:3 — Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
- Jer 17:7 — Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
- Prov 2:8 — He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
- Ps 7:1 — O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
- Ps 9:10 — And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
- Ps 11:1 — In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
- Ps 17:5 — Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
- Ps 17:8 — Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
- Ps 22:8 — He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
- Ps 25:20 — O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
- Ps 31:14 — But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
- Ps 31:23 — O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
- Ps 37:28 — For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
- Ps 56:1 — Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
- Ps 56:1 — Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
- Ps 60:1 — O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
- Ps 84:12 — O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
- Ps 86:2 — Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.
- Ps 97:10 — Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
- Ps 116:6 — The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
- Ps 125:1 — They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
- Ps 146:5 — Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God: