Psalms Chapter 16 verse 2 Holy Bible

Psalms 16 : 2 Bible Verse Songs

• My Everything by Sinach
• The Master's presence by Shaun P
• Nothing Without You by Dr Tumi
• You Are My All in All by Nichole Nordeman
• My Everything by Joe Mettle
• All I Really Want by Josh Baldwin
• I Need You More by Renata Triani
• I Need You by Jimmy D Psalmist
• All I Really Want is You by ARISE Church
• You, It's Only You by Mosaic MSC
• Every Good Thing by For All Seasons
• All I Need by Citizens
• You Are The Lord by Passion + Brett Younker + Maverick City Music
• All I Need by Matthew West

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord. The ordinary Hebrew text, אָמַרְתְּ, "thou hast said," requires the insertion of "O my soul," or something similar. But if we read אמרתי with a large number of manuscripts, with the LXX., the Vulgate, the Syriac, and most other versions, no insertion will be necessary. The meaning will then be, I have said to Jehovah. Thou art my Lord; Hebrew, adonai - "my Lord and Master." My goodness extendeth not to thee. This meaning cannot be elicited from the Hebrew words. Tobah is not "goodness," but "prosperity" or "happiness" (comp. Psalm 106:5); and 'aleyka is best explained as "beside thee," "beyond thee." The psalmist means to say that he has no happiness beside (or apart from) God. (So Ewald, Hengstenberg, Cheyne, the 'Speaker's Commentary,' and the Revised Version.)

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) Thou hast said.--The text of this passage is exceedingly corrupt. This appears (1) from the actual existence of various readings, (2) by the variations in the ancient versions, both from the Hebrew and each other. It will be best to take Psalm 16:2-3 together first. The consensus of the ancient versions in favour of the first person, "I said," instead of "thou hast said" (the italicised words O my soul, are a mere gloss from the Chaldee), gives for Psalm 16:2 the plain and intelligible renderingI said to Jehovah, Thou art my Lord,I have no good besides thee.Psalm 16:3 also requires emendation, being quite unintelligible as it stands. The simplest device is to omit the conjunction and recognise one of those changes of person so agreeable to Hebrew, when the verse will run--"And of the saints who are in the earth,They are the excellent in whom is all my delight."The Authorised Version, in inserting "extendeth," introduces the fine thought that . . .