Psalm 16:4 {15:4}
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Their infirmities were multiplied: afterwards they made haste. I will not gather together their meetings for bloodofferings: nor will I be mindful of their names by my lips.

Their

Psalm 32:10 Many are the scourges of the sinner, but mercy shall encompass him that hopeth in the Lord.

Psalm 97:7 Let them be all confounded that adore graven things, and that glory in their idols. Adore him, all you his angels:

Jonah 2:8 When my soul was in distress within me, I remembered the Lord: that my prayer may come to thee, unto the holy temple.

Revelation 14:9-11 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice: If any man shall adore the beast and his image and receive his character in his forehead or in his hand, . . .

Revelation 18:4,5 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying: Go out from her, my people; that you be not partakers of her sins and that you receive not of her plagues. . . .

hasten.

Genesis 35:14 But he set up a monument of stone, in the place where God had spoken to him: pouring drink-offerings upon it, and pouring oil thereon:

Leviticus 23:13 And the libations shall be offered with it: two tenths of flour tempered with oil, for a burnt offering of the Lord, and a most sweet odour. Libations also of wine, the fourth part of a hin.

Isaiah 57:6 In the parts of the torrent is thy portion, this is thy lot: and thou hast poured out libations to them, thou hast offered sacrifice. Shall I not be angry at these things?

Isaiah 65:11 And you, that have forsaken the Lord, that have forgotten my holy mount, that set a table for fortune, and offer libations upon it,

Isaiah 66:3 He that sacrificeth an ox, is as if he slew a man: he that killeth a sheep in sacrifice, as if he should brain a dog: he that offereth an oblation, as if he should offer swine's blood; he that remembereth incense, as if he should bless an idol. All these things have they chosen in their ways, and their soul is delighted in their abominations.

Jeremiah 7:18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to offer libations to strange gods, and to provoke me to anger.

take

Exodus 23:13 Keep all things that I have said to you. And by the name of strange gods you shall not swear, neither shall it be heard out of your mouth.

Joshua 23:7 Lest after that you are come in among the Gentiles, who will remain among you, you should swear by the name of their gods, and serve them, and adore them:

Hosea 2:16,17 And it shall be in that day, saith the Lord: That she shall call me: My husband, and she shall call me no more Baali. . . .

Context
The Presence of God
3To the saints, who are in his land, he hath made wonderful all my desires in them. 4Their infirmities were multiplied: afterwards they made haste. I will not gather together their meetings for bloodofferings: nor will I be mindful of their names by my lips.5The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: it is thou that wilt restore my inheritance to me.…
Cross References
Exodus 23:13
Keep all things that I have said to you. And by the name of strange gods you shall not swear, neither shall it be heard out of your mouth.

Deuteronomy 12:3
Overthrow their altars, and break down their statues, burn their groves with fire, and break their idols in pieces: destroy their names out of those places.

Joshua 23:7
Lest after that you are come in among the Gentiles, who will remain among you, you should swear by the name of their gods, and serve them, and adore them:

Psalm 32:10
Many are the scourges of the sinner, but mercy shall encompass him that hopeth in the Lord.

Psalm 106:37
And they sacrificed their sons, and their daughters to devils.

Psalm 106:38
And they shed innocent blood: the blood of their sons and of their daughters which they sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan. And the land was polluted with blood,

Hosea 2:17
And I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and she shall no more remember their name.

Lexicon
Sorrows
עַצְּבוֹתָם֮ (‘aṣ·ṣə·ḇō·w·ṯām)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6094: A idol, a pain, wound

will multiply
יִרְבּ֥וּ (yir·bū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7235: To be or become much, many or great

to those who chase
מָ֫הָ֥רוּ (mā·hā·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 4116: To be liquid, flow easily, to hurry, promptly

other gods.
אַחֵ֪ר (’a·ḥêr)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 312: Hinder, next, other

I will not
בַּל־ (bal-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 1077: A failure, nothing, not at all, lest

pour out
אַסִּ֣יךְ (’as·sîḵ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5258: To pour out, a libation, to cast, to anoint a, king

their libations
נִסְכֵּיהֶ֣ם (nis·kê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5262: A libation, a cast idol

of blood,
מִדָּ֑ם (mid·dām)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed

or
וּֽבַל־ (ū·ḇal-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 1077: A failure, nothing, not at all, lest

speak
אֶשָּׂ֥א (’eś·śā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take

their names
שְׁ֝מוֹתָ֗ם (mō·w·ṯām)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8034: A name

with
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

my lips.
שְׂפָתָֽי׃ (śə·p̄ā·ṯāy)
Noun - fdc | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8193: The lip, language, a margin


Additional Translations
Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips.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.

Their 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.

Their weaknesses have been multiplied; afterward they hasted. I will by no means assemble their bloody meetings, neither will I make mention of their names with my lips.

Their 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.

Their 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.

Their 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.

Their 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.

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.
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