Psalms 16:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God; For in thee do I take refuge.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 56:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful unto me, O God; For man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.
Ps 17:8 : 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye; Hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
Ps 22:8 : 8 Commit [thyself] unto Jehovah; Let him deliver him: Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.
Ps 25:20 : 20 Oh keep my soul, and deliver me: Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in thee.
Ps 31:23 : 23 Oh love Jehovah, all ye his saints: Jehovah preserveth the faithful, And plentifully rewardeth him that dealeth proudly.
Ps 37:28 : 28 For Jehovah loveth justice, And forsaketh not his saints; They are preserved for ever: But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Ps 7:1 : 1 Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite. O Jehovah my God, in thee do I take refuge: Save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me,
Ps 9:10 : 10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; For thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
Ps 17:5 : 5 My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.
2 Tim 1:12 : 12 For which cause I suffer also these things: yet I am not ashamed; for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed unto him against that day.
Ps 60:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to Shushan Eduth. Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand. O God thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us down; Thou hast been angry; oh restore us again.
Ps 84:12 : 12 O Jehovah of hosts, Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
Ps 97:10 : 10 O ye that love Jehovah, hate evil: He preserveth the souls of his saints; He delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
Ps 116:6 : 6 Jehovah preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he saved me.
Ps 125:1 : 1 A Song of Ascents. They that trust in Jehovah Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever.
Ps 146:5 : 5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in Jehovah his God:
Prov 2:8 : 8 That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints.
Isa 26:3-4 : 3 Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee]; because he trusteth in thee. 4 Trust ye in Jehovah for ever; for in Jehovah, [even] Jehovah, is an everlasting rock.
Jer 17:7-8 : 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in Jehovah, and whose trust Jehovah is. 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat cometh, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
2 Cor 1:9 : 9 yea, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead:

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1In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge: Let me never be put to shame.
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20Oh keep my soul, and deliver me: Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in thee.
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Ps 11:1
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1For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David. In Jehovah do I take refuge: How say ye to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to your mountain;
Ps 91:2
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Ps 56:3-4
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3What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.
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Ps 143:8-9
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8Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; For in thee do I trust: Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; For I lift up my soul unto thee.
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Ps 141:8
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Ps 18:2
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Ps 16:2
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2[ O my soul], thou hast said unto Jehovah, Thou art my Lord: I have no good beyond thee.
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3God, my rock, in him will I take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; My saviour, thou savest me from violence.
Ps 140:6
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Ps 57:1
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1For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when he fled from Saul, in the cave. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me; For my soul taketh refuge in thee: Yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I take refuge, Until [these] calamities be overpast.
Ps 17:6-7
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6I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: Incline thine ear unto me, [and] hear my speech.
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Ps 109:26
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26Help me, O Jehovah my God; Oh save me according to thy lovingkindness:
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Ps 62:7
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Ps 25:1
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Ps 61:3
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3For thou hast been a refuge for me, A strong tower from the enemy.
Ps 119:114
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Ps 144:2
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Ps 16:8
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Ps 142:5
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Ps 59:1
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Ps 31:3-4
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75%
3For thou art my rock and my fortress; Therefore for thy name's sake lead me and guide me.
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Ps 32:7
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7Thou art my hiding-place; Thou wilt preserve me from trouble; Thou wilt compass me about with songs of deliverance. {H5542}
Ps 73:28
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28But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge, That I may tell of all thy works.
Ps 64:1
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1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint: Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
Ps 59:16
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16But I will sing of thy strength; Yea, I will sing aloud of thy lovingkindness in the morning: For thou hast been my high tower, And a refuge in the day of my distress.
Ps 71:7
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7I am as a wonder unto many; But thou art my strong refuge.
Ps 54:1
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1For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. Maschil of David; when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us? Save me, O God, by thy name, And judge me in thy might.