Psalms 16
1 “A psalm off David.” Preserve me, O God! for to thee do I look for help.
A Miktam of David. Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.
2 I have said to Jehovah, Thou art my Lord; I have no happiness beyond thee!
I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.”
3 The holy that are in the land, and the excellent, —in them is all my delight.
As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.
4 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.
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.
5 Jehovah is my portion and my cup; Thou wilt maintain my lot!
The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
6 My portion hath fallen to me in pleasant places; Yea, I have a goodly inheritance.
The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.
7 I will bless the LORD, who careth for me; Yea, in the night my heart admonisheth me.
I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.
8 I set the LORD before me at all times; Since he is at my right hand, I shall not fall.
I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my spirit rejoiceth; Yea, my flesh dwelleth in security.
Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.
10 For thou wilt not give me up to the underworld; Nor wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see the pit. (Sheol h7585)
For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay. (Sheol h7585)
11 Thou wilt show me the path of life; In thy presence is fulness of joy; At thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.
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.
