Psalms 16
1 A Miktam of David. Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.
“A psalm off David.” Preserve me, O God! for to thee do I look for help.
2 I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.”
I have said to Jehovah, Thou art my Lord; I have no happiness beyond thee!
3 As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.
The holy that are in the land, and the excellent, —in them is all my delight.
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.
They who hasten after other gods shall have multiplied sorrows; Their drink-offerings of blood I will not offer, Nor will I take their names upon my lips.
5 The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
Jehovah is my portion and my cup; Thou wilt maintain my lot!
6 The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.
My portion hath fallen to me in pleasant places; Yea, I have a goodly inheritance.
7 I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.
I will bless the LORD, who careth for me; Yea, in the night my heart admonisheth me.
8 I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
I set the LORD before me at all times; Since he is at my right hand, I shall not fall.
9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my spirit rejoiceth; Yea, my flesh dwelleth in security.
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 give me up to the underworld; Nor wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see the pit. (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 show me the path of life; In thy presence is fulness of joy; At thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.
