Psalms 16:2

David confesses that Yahweh is his Lord and that he has no good apart from him. It matters because it teaches that God himself is our highest and only true good.

Cross-references · 15

• Ps 73:25Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.
• Ps 31:14But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
• Ps 91:2I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
• Job 22:2–3“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?
• Ps 89:26He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
• Ps 8:1For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.
• Ps 27:8My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.
• John 20:28Thomas replied, “My Lord and my God!”
• Isa 26:13O LORD our God, other lords besides You have had dominion, but Your name alone do we confess.
• Rom 11:35“Who has first given to God, that God should repay him?”
• Zech 13:9This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
• Isa 44:5One will say, ‘I belong to the LORD,’ another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’ and will take the name of Israel.”
• Luke 17:10So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”
• Ps 50:9–10I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,
• Job 35:7–8If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?

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