Psalm 16:1 {15:1}
Good News Translation
Protect me, O God; I trust in you for safety.

New Revised Standard Version
Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge.

Contemporary English Version
Protect me, LORD God! I run to you for safety,

New American Bible
A miktam of David. Keep me safe, O God; in you I take refuge.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The inscription of a title to David himself. Preserve me, O Lord, for I have put my trust in thee.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The inscription of a title to David himself. Preserve me, O Lord, for I have put my trust in thee.

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2962 B.C.

1042 (Title.) [Michtam] or, A golden [Psalm] of David

Psalm 56:1 Unto the end, for a people that is removed at a distance from the sanctuary: for David, for an inscription of a title (or pillar) when the Philistines held him in Geth. [2] Have mercy on me, O God, for man hath trodden me under foot; all the day long he hath afflicted me fighting against me.

Psalm 60:1 Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, for the inscription of a title, to David himself, for doctrine, [2] When he set fire to Mesopotamia of Syria and Sobal: and Joab returned and slew of Edom, in the vale of the saltpits, twelve thousand men. [3] O God, thou hast cast us off, and hast destroyed us; thou hast been angry, and hast had mercy on us.

Preserve

Psalm 17:5,8 Perfect thou my goings in thy paths: that my footsteps be not moved. . . .

Psalm 31:23 O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord will require truth, and will repay them abundantly that act proudly.

Psalm 37:28 For the Lord loveth judgment, and will not forsake his saints: they shall be preserved for ever. The unjust shall be punished, and the seed of the wicked shall perish.

Psalm 97:10 You that love the Lord, hate evil: the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints, he will deliver them out of the hand of the sinner.

Psalm 116:6 The Lord is the keeper of little ones: I was humbled, and he delivered me.

Proverbs 2:8 Then shalt thou understand justice, and judgment, and equity, and every good path.

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Psalm 9:10 And let them trust in thee who know thy name: for thou hast not forsaken them that seek thee, O Lord.

Psalm 22:8 He hoped in the Lord, let him deliver him: let him save him, seeing he delighteth in him.

Psalm 25:20 Keep thou my soul, and deliver me: I shall not be ashamed, for I have hoped in thee.

Psalm 84:12 He will not deprive of good things them that walk in innocence: O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

Psalm 125:1 A gradual canticle. They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Sion: he shall not be moved for ever that dwelleth

Psalm 146:5 Blessed is he who hath the God of Jacob for his helper, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

Isaiah 26:3,4 The old error is passed away: thou wilt keep peace: peace, because we have hoped in thee. . . .

Jeremiah 17:7,8 Blessed be the man that trusteth in the Lord, and the Lord shall be his confidence. . . .

2 Corinthians 1:9 But we had in ourselves the answer of death, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead.

2 Timothy 1:12 For which cause, I also suffer these things: but I am not ashamed. For I know whom I have believed and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him, against that day.

Context
The Presence of God
1The inscription of a title to David himself. Preserve me, O Lord, for I have put my trust in thee.2I have said to the Lord, thou art my God, for thou hast no need of my goods.…
Cross References
Psalm 7:1
The psalm of David, which he sung to the Lord, for the words of Chusi, the son of Jemini. [2] O Lord, my God, in thee have I put my trust; save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me.

Psalm 17:8
From them that resist thy right hand keep me, as the apple of thy eye. Protect me under the shadow of thy wings.

Psalm 56:1
Unto the end, for a people that is removed at a distance from the sanctuary: for David, for an inscription of a title (or pillar) when the Philistines held him in Geth. [2] Have mercy on me, O God, for man hath trodden me under foot; all the day long he hath afflicted me fighting against me.

Psalm 57:1
Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into the cave. [2] Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me: for my soul trusteth in thee. And in the shadow of thy wings will I hope, until iniquity pass away.

Psalm 15:5
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