Psalms 16
1 God, protect me because I go to you to keep me safe!
A Miktam of David. Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.
2 I said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord; all the good things that I have come from you.”
I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.”
3 Your people who live in this land are wonderful; I delight to be with them.
As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.
4 Those who choose to worship other gods will have many things that cause them to be sad. I will not join them when they make sacrifices [to their gods]; I will not even join them when they speak [MTY] the names of their gods.
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 Yahweh, you are the one whom I have chosen, and you give me great blessings. You protect me and control what happens to me.
The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
6 Yahweh has given me a wonderful place in which to live; I am delighted with all the things that he has given me [MET].
The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.
7 I will praise Yahweh, the one who teaches/disciplines me; even at night [he] you put in my mind what is right for me to do.
I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.
8 I know that Yahweh is always with me. He is beside me; so nothing will (perturb me/cause me to be worried).
I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
9 Therefore I am glad and I [MTY, DOU] rejoice; I can rest securely
Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.
10 because you, Yahweh, will not allow my soul/spirit to remain in the place where the dead people are; you will not allow me, your godly one, to stay there. (Sheol h7585)
For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay. (Sheol h7585)
11 You will show me the road that leads to [receiving eternal] life, and you will make me joyful when I am with you. I will have pleasure forever when I am (at your right hand/seated next to you).
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.
