1 A Miktam of David. Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge. 2 I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.” 3 As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides. 4 Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips. 5 The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure. 6 The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful. 7 I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me. 8 I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. 9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely. 10 For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay. 11 You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
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- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
Cross references (11)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 26:3–4; Psalm 31:23; Psalm 56:1; Psalm 17:8; 2 Timothy 1:12
- 2 Psalm 73:25; Psalm 31:14; Job 22:2–3; Psalm 89:26; John 20:28
- 3 Proverbs 13:20; Proverbs 12:26; Hebrews 6:10; 2 Chronicles 6:41; Malachi 3:17
- 4 Exodus 23:13; Joshua 23:7; Psalm 32:10; Psalm 97:7; Jonah 2:8
- 5 Psalm 73:26; Psalm 142:5; Lamentations 3:24; Psalm 119:57; Psalm 23:5
- 6 Jeremiah 3:19; Psalm 21:1–3; Ephesians 1:18; Psalm 78:55; Hebrews 12:2
- 7 Psalm 63:6; Isaiah 50:4; Psalm 17:3; Psalm 77:6; Psalm 73:24
- 8 Psalm 62:6; Acts 2:25–28; Psalm 73:23; Psalm 121:5; Psalm 73:26
- 9 Acts 2:26; Psalm 30:12; Psalm 57:8; Psalm 4:7–8; Psalm 108:1
- 10 Acts 2:27–31; Acts 13:35–38; Psalm 49:15; Revelation 1:18; Revelation 20:13
- 11 Acts 2:28; Jude 24; Psalm 36:7–8; Revelation 7:15–17; Ephesians 3:19
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
And Thou art the Lord my God, since Thou standest not in need of my goodness. Chapter XII — Whatever Things the Good God Has Created are Very Good
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
Come then to the 15th Psalm, which says distinctly: Preserve Me, O Lord, for in Thee have I put my trust: and after this, their assemblies of blood will I not join, nor make mention of their names between my lips; since they have refused me, and chosen Cæsar as their king: and also the next words, I foresaw …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
The body of our Lord did not experience this form of corruption, as the prophet David says, For Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt Thou suffer Thine holy one to see corruption.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)
Not to be wearisome, suffice it to quote this brief saying from a psalm: "I have said to the Lord, Thou art my God: for Thou needest not my goodness." We must believe, then, that God has no need, not only of cattle, or any other earthly and material thing, but even of man's righteousness, and that whatever right worship …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… nor make mention of their names between my lips; since they have refused me, and chosen Cæsar as their king: and also the next words, I foresaw the Lord alway before Me, because He is at My right hand, that I may not be moved: and soon after Yea and even until night my reins chastened me.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)