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title: "Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "James Anderson"
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section: 40 of 159
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cite: "John Calvin, tr. James Anderson, Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5, section 40. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/40/"
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# Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5

*John Calvin, tr. James Anderson*

Calvin on the Psalms, volume 5 of 5.

## 40. Psalm 16

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[¶0] Michtam. A Psalm Of David

[¶1] 1 Keep me, O God! For in thee do I trust.

[¶2] 2 Thou shalt say to Jehovah, “My Lord thou art; “My well doing extendeth not to thee.”

[¶3] 3 To the saints who are on the earth, And to the excellent; all my delight is in them.

[¶4] 4 Multiplied shall be their sorrows who offer to a stranger; I will not taste their libations of blood, Nor will I take their names in my lips.

[¶5] 5 Jehovah is the portion of my inheritance, and of my cup; Thou maintainest my lot.

[¶6] 6 The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; Yea, an inheritance that is goodly hath fallen to me.

[¶7] 7 I will magnify Jehovah, who giveth me counsel; Even in the nights instruct me do my reins.

[¶8] 8 I have set Jehovah before me continually; Since he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

[¶9] 9 Therefore glad is my heart, rejoice doth my tongue; Also my flesh dwelleth in confidence.

[¶10] 10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in the grave; Nor wilt thou make thy Holy One to see the pit.

[¶11] 11 Thou wilt make known to me the way of life; Fullness of joy is in thy countenance; Pleasures are at thy right hand for evermore.