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Psalms 16:6

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant [places]; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

Psalms 16:6 — KJV

Theological / Devotional

Lines. Heb. chabalim, “lengths of rope for measuring and allotting a field.” Since God had chosen the psalmist’s portion, it was the choicest.

Goodly heritage. The “inheritance” of v. 5. This realization causes the psalmist to break out into the thanksgiving of the following verses.

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