Psalms 16:3

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[O my soul], thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou [art] my Lord: my goodness [extendeth] not to thee;	[But] to the saints that [are] in the earth, and [to] the excellent, in whom [is] all my delight.	Their 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.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

But to the saints^H6918 that^H1992 are in the earth^H776, and to the excellent^H117, in whom is all my delight^H2656.

Original Hebrew

לִקְדֹושִׁים אֲשֶׁר־בָּאָרֶץ הֵמָּה וְאַדִּירֵי כָּל־חֶפְצִי־בָם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
לִ֭/קְדוֹשִׁים	Li/k.do.shim	H6918	HR/Aampa	to/ (the) holy (ones)
אֲשֶׁר	'a.Sher-	H834	HTr	who
בָּ/אָ֣רֶץ	ba./'A.retz	H776	HRd/Ncbsa	(are) in the/ land
הֵ֑מָּה	He.mah	H1992	HPp3mp	they
וְ֝/אַדִּירֵ֗י	ve./'a.di.Rei	H117	HC/Aampc	and/ (the) majestic (ones)
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	(of) (whom) all
חֶפְצִ/י	chef.tz/i-	H2656	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	delight/ my
בָֽ/ם	Va/m		HR/Sp3mp	(is) in/ them

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H117 — אַדִּיר (ʼaddîyr, ad-deer'): from אָדַר; wide or (generally) large; figuratively, powerful; excellent, famous, gallant, glorious, goodly, lordly, mighty(-ier one), noble, principal, worthy.
H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
H1992 — הֵם (hêm, haym): or (prolonged) הֵמָּה; masculine plural from הֲלַךְ; they (only used when emphatic); it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.
H2656 — חֵפֶץ (chêphets, khay'-fets): from חָפֵץ; pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind); acceptable, delight(-some), desire, things desired, matter, pleasant(-ure), purpose, willingly.
H6918 — קָדוֹשׁ (qâdôwsh, kaw-doshe'): or קָדֹשׁ; from קָדַשׁ; sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary; holy (One), saint.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

But — Galatians 6:10, Titus 3:8, Hebrews 6:10
in whom — Psalms 119:63, Proverbs 8:31, Proverbs 13:20, Isaiah 62:4, Ephesians 5:25-27, 1 John 3:14-17
the excellent — Proverbs 12:26, Malachi 3:17
the saints — 2 Chronicles 6:41, Psalms 30:4, Psalms 116:15, Acts 9:13, Ephesians 1:1

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