KJV King James Version
Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
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Psalm 16:1
Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
A Miktam of David. Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.
WEB World English Bible
A Poem by David. Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge.
ASV American Standard Version
Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God; for in thee do I take refuge.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
A Secret Treasure of David. Preserve me, O God, for I did trust in Thee.
Surrounding context — Psalm 16
1 Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
2 [O my soul], thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou [art] my Lord: my goodness [extendeth] not to thee;
3 [But] to the saints that [are] in the earth, and [to] the excellent, in whom [is] all my delight.
4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied [that] hasten [after] another [god]: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.
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Isaiah 26:3-4Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee]: because he trusteth in thee.Psalm 31:23O love the LORD, all ye his saints: [for] the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.Psalm 56:1To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.Psalm 17:8Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,2 Timothy 1:12For 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 that day.Psalm 116:6The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.Psalm 7:1Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:Jeremiah 17:7-8Blessed [is] the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.Psalm 60:1To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand. O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.Psalm 84:12O LORD of hosts, blessed [is] the man that trusteth in thee.Psalm 146:5Happy [is he] that [hath] the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope [is] in the LORD his God:Psalm 9:10And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.Psalm 25:20O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.Proverbs 2:8He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.Psalm 37:28For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.Psalm 97:10Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.Psalm 125:1A Song of degrees. They that trust in the LORD [shall be] as mount Zion, [which] cannot be removed, [but] abideth for ever.Psalm 17:5Hold up my goings in thy paths, [that] my footsteps slip not.
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