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Psalm 16:9

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16:9So my heart rejoices

and I am happy;15

My life is safe.16

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Footnotes

  1. 15 Heb “my glory is happy.” Some view the Hebrew term כְּבוֹדִי (kévodiy, “my glory”) as a metonymy for man’s inner being (see 459 II כָּבוֹד 5), but it is preferable to emend the form to כְּבֵדִי (kévediy, “my liver”). Like the heart, the liver is viewed as the seat of one’s emotions. See also Pss 30:12; 57:9; 108:1, as well as H. W. Wolff, Anthropology of the Old Testament, 64, and M. Dahood, Psalms (), 1:. For an Ugaritic example of the heart/liver as the source of joy, see G. R. Driver, Canaanite Myths and Legends, 47–48: “her [Anat’s] liver swelled with laughter, her heart was filled with joy, the liver of Anat with triumph.”
  2. 16 Heb “yes, my flesh dwells securely.” The psalmist’s “flesh” stands by metonymy for his body and, by extension, his physical life.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices;

my flesh also dwells secure.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;

my body also will rest secure,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Therefore my heart is glad

and my whole being rejoices;

my body also rests securely.

NLTNew Living Translation

No wonder my heart is glad, and I rejoice.

My body rests in safety.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices.

Yes, my body will dwell in safety,

KJV 1900King James Version

Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth:

My flesh also shall rest in hope.