--- title: "Psalms 16 - Study King James Bible with treasury of scripture knowledge" description: "Read Psalms 16 with treasury of scripture knowledge commentary. 1 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" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/16" --- [ Read](/kjv/psalms/16)[ Commentary](/study/psalms/16)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/psalms/16) Audio 1 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.* 5 The LORD *is* the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.* 6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant *places;* yea, I have a goodly heritage. 7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. 8 I have set the LORD always before me: because *he is* at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.* 10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence *is* fulness of joy; at thy right hand *there are* pleasures for evermore. [Psalms 15](/study/psalms/15) [Psalms 17](/study/psalms/17) ## Commentary To verse 1 **Preserve:** [Psalms 17:5](/kjv/psalms/17/5), [Psalms 17:8](/kjv/psalms/17/8), [Psalms 31:23](/kjv/psalms/31/23), [Psalms 37:28](/kjv/psalms/37/28), [Psalms 97:10](/kjv/psalms/97/10), [Psalms 116:6](/kjv/psalms/116/6), [Proverbs 2:8](/kjv/proverbs/2/8) **for:** [Psalms 9:10](/kjv/psalms/9/10), [Psalms 22:8](/kjv/psalms/22/8), [Psalms 25:20](/kjv/psalms/25/20), [Psalms 84:12](/kjv/psalms/84/12), [Psalms 125:1](/kjv/psalms/125/1), [Psalms 146:5](/kjv/psalms/146/5), [Isaiah 26:3](/kjv/isaiah/26/3), [Isaiah 26:4](/kjv/isaiah/26/4), [Jeremiah 17:7](/kjv/jeremiah/17/7), [Jeremiah 17:8](/kjv/jeremiah/17/8), [2 Corinthians 1:9](/kjv/2-corinthians/1/9), [2 Timothy 1:12](/kjv/2-timothy/1/12) **Reciprocal:** [Genesis 32:11](/kjv/genesis/32/11) - Deliver [Psalms 11:1](/kjv/psalms/11/1) - In the [Psalms 12:7](/kjv/psalms/12/7) - thou shalt [Psalms 22:1](/kjv/psalms/22/1) - far [Psalms 31:14](/kjv/psalms/31/14) - Thou [Psalms 56:1](/kjv/psalms/56/1) - Michtam [Psalms 86:2](/kjv/psalms/86/2) - trusteth [Hebrews 2:13](/kjv/hebrews/2/13) - I will ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/16#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/16#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/16","name":"Psalms 16 - Study King James Bible with treasury of scripture knowledge","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/16#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"Read Psalms 16 with treasury of scripture knowledge commentary. 1 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","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/16#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/16"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/16#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study","name":"Study Bible"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge","name":"treasury of scripture knowledge"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms","name":"Psalms"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/16","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/16","name":"16"}}]},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","width":512,"height":512},"logo":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo"},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/RBiblebeliever","https://www.facebook.com/RBibleBelievers"]}]} ```