Psalms 16
1 A miktam of David protect me O God for I have taken refuge in you.
[A Poem by David.] Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge.
2 You [fem] said to Yahweh [are the] Lord you good my not [is] on you.
I said to YHWH, "You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing."
3 To [the] holy [ones] who [are] in the land they and [the] majestic [ones] [whom] all delight my [is] in them.
As for the holy ones who are in the land, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.
4 They will increase sorrows their [those who] another [god] they hurried after not I will pour out drink offerings their from blood and not I will take names their on lips my.
Their sorrows will multiply who pay a dowry for another. Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, nor take their names on my lips.
5 Yahweh [is] [the] portion of possession my and cup my you [are] holding lot my.
YHWH is the portion of my inheritance and my cup. You made my lot secure.
6 Boundary lines they have fallen to me in pleasant [places] also an inheritance it is beautiful on me.
The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, beautiful is my inheritance.
7 I will bless Yahweh who he has counseled me also nights they have instructed me kidneys my.
I will bless YHWH, who has given me counsel. Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.
8 I have placed Yahweh to before me continually for [he is] from right [hand] my not I will be shaken.
I have put YHWH before me at all times. Because he is at my right hand I will never be upended.
9 Therefore - it is glad heart my and it rejoiced honor my also body my it will dwell to security.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.
10 For - not you will abandon life my to Sheol not you will permit faithful [one] your to see [the] pit. (Sheol h7585)
For you will not abandon my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay. (Sheol h7585)
11 You will make known to me [the] path of life abundance of gladness [are] with presence your pleasant [things] [are] at right [hand] your perpetuity.
You make known to me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.
