King James Version
Psalms 16:3 in the King James Version says “But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.”
Psalms 16:3 · KJV
Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. Michtam: or, A golden Psalm
O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;
But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
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. hasten: or, give gifts to another
The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. of mine: Heb. of my part
KJV Study — Public Domain
“But to the saints”
H6918sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) god (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“in whom is all my delight”
H2656pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)
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