Psalms 16
1 A Miktam of David. Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.
A Secret Treasure of David. Preserve me, O God, for I did trust in Thee.
2 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;
3 As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.
For the holy ones who [are] in the land, And the honourable, all my delight [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.
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.
5 The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
Jehovah [is] the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou — Thou dost uphold my lot.
6 The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.
Lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, Yea, a beauteous inheritance [is] for me.
7 I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.
I bless Jehovah who hath counselled me; Also [in] the nights my reins instruct me.
8 I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
I did place Jehovah before me continually, Because — at my right hand I am not moved.
9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.
Therefore hath my heart been glad, And my honour doth rejoice, Also my flesh dwelleth confidently:
10 For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay. (Sheol h7585)
For Thou dost not leave my soul to Sheol, Nor givest thy saintly 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 causest me to know the path of life; Fulness of joys [is] with Thy presence, Pleasant things by Thy right hand for ever!
