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Old TestamentPsalms · Chapter 16

Psalms 16:3

Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Psalms 16:3 — by Collins Asein

Quick Summary

Psalms 16:3 is a verse from the book of Psalms in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.

Psalms 16:3 — KJV

But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

Psalms 16:3 (KJV)

Psalms 16:3 in Context — About the Book of Psalms

Psalms is the Bible's prayer book — 150 songs covering every emotion a praying person will ever feel: praise, panic, gratitude, grief, fury, and quiet trust. For three thousand years believers have borrowed these words when their own run out. If you can feel it, there is a psalm for it.

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Cross-References for Psalms 16:3

And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. both...: Heb. from man unto beast

Shares key themes with Psalms 16:3: earth, whom

And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

Shares key themes with Psalms 16:3: earth, whom

And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

Shares key themes with Psalms 16:3: earth, whom

And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth. upon...: Heb. upon the face of the earth

Shares key themes with Psalms 16:3: earth, whom

And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?

Shares key themes with Psalms 16:3: earth, whom

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Collins Asein — Christian Author & Founder of PrayerKey