4Multiplied are their griefs, Who have hastened backward; I pour not out their libations of blood, Nor do I take up their names on my lips.


In Context

1 A Secret Treasure of David. Preserve me, O God, for I did trust in Thee.

2 Thou hast said to Jehovah, 'My Lord Thou art;' My good is not for thine own sake;

3 For the holy ones who are in the land, And the honourable, all my delight is in them.

4 Multiplied are their griefs, Who have hastened backward; I pour not out their libations of blood, Nor do I take up their names on my lips.

5 Jehovah is the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou — Thou dost uphold my lot.

6 Lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, Yea, a beauteous inheritance is for me.

Psalm 16:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:4Their sorrows shall be multiplied [that] hasten [after] another [god:] their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:4The sorrows of those will increase who run after other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood or take up their names on my lips.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:4Their infirmities were multiplied: afterwards they made haste. I will not gather together their meetings for blood offerings: nor will I be mindful of their names by my lips.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:4Their sorrows shall be multiplied that give gifts for another god : Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, Nor take their names upon my lips.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:4Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another: their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, and I will not take up their names into my lips.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:4Their sorrows shall be multiplied that exchange the LORD for another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take their names upon my lips.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:4Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take their names into my lips.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:4Their sorrows shall be multiplied who give gifts to another god. Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, nor take their names on my lips.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:4Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.