KJVO my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;
O my soul, thou hast said unto Jehovah, Thou art my Lord: I have no good beyond thee.
I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.”
Thou hast said to Jehovah, `My Lord Thou art ;' My good is not for thine own sake;
Thou [my soul] hast said to Jehovah, Thou art the Lord: my goodness [extendeth] not to thee; —
Psalms — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
2. Thou shalt say unto Jehovah. David begins by stating that he can bestow nothing upon God, not only because God stands in no need of any thing, but also because mortal man cannot merit the favor of God by any service which he can perform to him. At the…