Psalms 16
1 A Miktam of David. Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.
Michtam of Dauid. Preserue mee, O God: for in thee doe I trust.
2 I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.”
O my soule, thou hast sayd vnto the Lord, Thou art my Lord: my weldoing extendeth not to thee,
3 As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.
But to the Saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent: all my delite is in them.
4 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.
The sorowes of them, that offer to an other god, shall be multiplied: their offerings of blood will I not offer, neither make mention of their names with my lips.
5 The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou shalt mainteine my lot.
6 The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.
The lines are fallen vnto me in pleasant places: yea, I haue a faire heritage.
7 I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.
I wil prayse the Lord, who hath giuen me counsell: my reines also teach me in the nightes.
8 I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
I haue set the Lord alwayes before me: for hee is at my right hand: therefore I shall not slide.
9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.
Wherefore mine heart is glad and my tongue reioyceth: my flesh also doeth rest in hope.
10 For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay. (Sheol h7585)
For thou wilt not leaue my soule in the graue: neither wilt thou suffer thine holy one to see corruption. (Sheol h7585)
11 You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is the fulnesse of ioy: and at thy right hand there are pleasures for euermore.
