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align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Text Analysis</div><div class="jmp"><a href="/texts/psalms/16-1.htm">Go to Parallel Hebrew</a></div><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5" class="maintext"><tr><td class="top" width="25%">Strong's</td><td class="top" width="25%">Hebrew</td><td class="top" width="25%">English</td><td class="top" width="25%">Morphology</td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/4387.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 4387: 1) michtam <BR> 1a) a technical term found in psalm titles <BR> 1b) meaning uncertain">4387</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4387.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 4387 -- Occurrence 1 of 6">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">מִכְתָּ֥ם<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/michtam_4387.htm" title="mich·Tam: <<Michtam -- Occurrence 1 of 6.">miḵ-tām</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">a Michtam</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine singular">N-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 1732: David = 'beloved'<BR> 1) youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel">1732</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 1732 -- Occurrence 959 of 1075">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">לְדָוִ֑ד<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/ledavid_1732.htm" title="le·da·Vid;: of David -- Occurrence 86 of 158.">lə-ḏā-wiḏ;</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">of David</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-l :: Noun - proper - masculine singular">Prep-l | N-proper-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 8104: 1) to keep, guard, observe, give heed <BR> 1a) (Qal) <BR> 1a1) to keep, have charge of <BR> 1a2) to keep, guard, keep watch and ward, protect, save life <BR> 1a2a) watch, watchman (participle) <BR> 1a3) to watch for, wait for <BR> 1a4) to watch, observe <BR> 1a5) to keep, retain, treasure up (in memory) <BR> 1a6) to keep (within bounds), restrain <BR> 1a7) to observe, celebrate, keep (sabbath or covenant or commands), perform (vow) <BR> 1a8) to keep, preserve, protect <BR> 1a9) to keep, reserve <BR> 1b) (Niphal) <BR> 1b1) to be on one's guard, take heed, take care, beware <BR> 1b2) to keep oneself, refrain, abstain <BR> 1b3) to be kept, be guarded <BR> 1c) (Piel) to keep, pay heed <BR> 1d) (Hithpael) to keep oneself from">8104</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 8104 -- Occurrence 291 of 469">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">שָֽׁמְרֵ֥נִי<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/shamereni_8104.htm" title="sha·me·Re·ni: Preserve -- Occurrence 1 of 3.">šā-mə-rê-nî</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">Preserve me</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular :: first person common singular">V-Qal-Imp-ms | 1cs</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/410.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 410: 1) god, god-like one, mighty one <BR> 1a) mighty men, men of rank, mighty heroes <BR> 1b) angels <BR> 1c) god, false god, (demons, imaginations) <BR> 1d) God, the one true God, Jehovah <BR> 2) mighty things in nature <BR> 3) strength, power">410</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_410.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 410 -- Occurrence 129 of 248">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">אֵ֝֗ל<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/el_410.htm" title="'El,: God -- Occurrence 85 of 163.">’êl,</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">God</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine singular">N-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 3588: 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since <BR> 1a) that <BR> 1a1) yea, indeed <BR> 1b) when (of time) <BR> 1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force) <BR> 1c) because, since (causal connection) <BR> 1d) but (after negative) <BR> 1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if <BR> 1f) but rather, but <BR> 1g) except that <BR> 1h) only, nevertheless <BR> 1i) surely <BR> 1j) that is <BR> 1k) but if <BR> 1l) for though <BR> 1m) forasmuch as, for therefore">3588</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 3588 -- Occurrence 2572 of 4481">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">כִּֽי־<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/ki_3588.htm" title="ki-: for -- Occurrence 2470 of 4334.">kî-</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">for</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunction">Conj</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/2620.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 2620: 1) (Qal) to seek refuge, flee for protection <BR> 1a) to put trust in (God), confide or hope in (God) (fig.)">2620</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2620.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 2620 -- Occurrence 10 of 37">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">חָסִ֥יתִי<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/chasiti_2620.htm" title="cha·Si·ti: take -- Occurrence 3 of 8.">ḥā-sî-ṯî</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">I put my trust</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular">V-Qal-Perf-1cs</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"> </span> </td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">בָֽךְ׃<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm" title="Vach.">ḇāḵ.</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">in You</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition :: second person masculine singular">Prep | 2ms</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><br /><br /> <div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 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</script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /><div class="vheading2">Hebrew Texts</div><div align="right"><span class="toptext"><a href="//study.interlinearbible.org/psalms/16.htm">Psalm 16:1 Hebrew Study Bible</a> (<a href="//apostolic.interlinearbible.org/psalms/16.htm">Apostolic</a> / <a href="//interlinearbible.org/psalms/16.htm">Interlinear</a>)<br></span></div><div style="direction:rtl"><span class="hebrew"><span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/4387.htm" title="mich·tam: <<Michtam -- 4387: a technical term in psalm titles.">מִכְתָּ֥ם</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1732.htm" title="le·da·vid;: of David -- 1732: perhaps 'beloved one,' a son of Jesse">לְדָוִ֑ד</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/8104.htm" title="sha·me·re·ni: Preserve -- 8104: to keep, watch, preserve">שָֽׁמְרֵ֥נִי</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/410.htm" title="el: God -- 410: God, in pl. gods">אֵ֝֗ל</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3588.htm" title="ki-: for -- 3588: that, for, when">כִּֽי־</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/2620.htm" title="cha·si·ti: take -- 2620: to seek refuge">חָסִ֥יתִי</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com" title="vach.">בָֽךְ׃</a></span>  </span></div><div align="left"><span class="versiontextkjvs"><a href="//kjvs.scripturetext.com/psalms/16.htm">KJV with Strong's</a> </span><br><span class="kjvs"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/4387.htm" title="miktam (mik-tawm') -- Michtam">Michtam</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1732.htm" title="David (daw-veed') -- David">of David</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/8104.htm" title="shamar (shaw-mar') -- beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe">Preserve</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/410.htm" title="'el (ale) -- God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong">me O God</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/2620.htm" title="chacah (khaw-saw') -- have hope, make refuge, (put) trust">for in thee do I put my trust</a></span></div><div align="right"><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/psalms/16.htm">תהילים 16:1 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex</a><br></span><span class="heb">מִכְתָּ֥ם לְדָוִ֑ד שָֽׁמְרֵ֥נִי אֵ֝֗ל כִּֽי־חָסִ֥יתִי בָֽךְ׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlco.hebrewtanakh.com/psalms/16.htm">תהילים 16:1 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)</a><br></span><span class="heb">מכתם לדוד שמרני אל כי־חסיתי בך׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//paleo-wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/psalms/16.htm">תהילים 16:1 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)</a><br></span><span class="paleoheb">מכתם לדוד שמרני אל כי־חסיתי בך׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//mod.hebrewtanakh.com/psalms/16.htm">תהילים 16:1 Hebrew Bible</a><br></span><span class="heb">מכתם לדוד שמרני אל כי חסיתי בך׃</span></div><div class="jmp"><a href="/texts/psalms/16-1.htm">Additional Parallel Hebrew</a></div><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/16.htm">New American Standard Bible </a></span><br />A Mikhtam of David. Preserve me, O God, for I take refuge in You.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/16.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><<Michtam of David.>> Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />A Davidic Miktam. Protect me, God, for I take refuge in You. <div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="hdg">A.M.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/56-1.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 56:1</span> Be merciful to me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/60-1.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 60:1</span> O God, you have cast us off, you have scattered us, you have been …</a></p><p class="hdg">Preserve</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/17-5.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 17:5,8</span> Hold up my goings in your paths, that my footsteps slip not…</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/31-23.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 31:23</span> O love the LORD, all you his saints: for the LORD preserves the faithful, …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/37-28.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 37:28</span> For the LORD loves judgment, and forsakes not his saints; they are …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/97-10.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 97:10</span> You that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserves the souls of his …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/116-6.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 116:6</span> The LORD preserves the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/proverbs/2-8.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Proverbs 2:8</span> He keeps the paths of judgment, and preserves the way of his saints.</a></p><p class="hdg">for</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/9-10.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 9:10</span> And they that know your name will put their trust in you: for you, …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/22-8.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 22:8</span> He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/25-20.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 25:20</span> O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/84-12.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 84:12</span> O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusts in you.</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/125-1.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 125:1</span> They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/146-5.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 146:5</span> Happy is he that has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/isaiah/26-3.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Isaiah 26:3,4</span> You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you: …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/jeremiah/17-7.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Jeremiah 17:7,8</span> Blessed is the man that trusts in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is…</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-9.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">2 Corinthians 1:9</span> But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/2_timothy/1-12.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">2 Timothy 1:12</span> For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am …</a></p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/psalms/16-1.htm">Psalm 16:1</a> • <a href="/niv/psalms/16-1.htm">Psalm 16:1 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/psalms/16-1.htm">Psalm 16:1 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/psalms/16-1.htm">Psalm 16:1 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/psalms/16-1.htm">Psalm 16:1 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/psalms/16-1.htm">Psalm 16:1 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/16-1.htm">Psalm 16:1 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/16-1.htm">Psalm 16:1 Biblia Paralela</a> • <a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/16-1.htm">Psalm 16:1 Chinese Bible</a> • <a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/16-1.htm">Psalm 16:1 French Bible</a> • <a href="//bibeltext.com/psalms/16-1.htm">Psalm 16:1 German Bible</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/15-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 15:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 15:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/16-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 16:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 16:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>