Psalms 16
1 God, protect me because I go to you to keep me safe!
The inscription of a title to David himself. Preserve me, O Lord, for I have put trust in thee.
2 I said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord; all the good things that I have come from you.”
I have said to the Lord, thou art my God, for thou hast no need of my goods.
3 Your people who live in this land are wonderful; I delight to be with them.
To the saints, who are in his land, he hath made wonderful all my desires in them.
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.
Their infirmities were multiplied: afterwards they made haste. I will not gather together their meetings for blood offerings: nor will I be mindful of their names by 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 the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: it is thou that wilt restore my inheritance to me.
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 are fallen unto me in goodly places: for my inheritance is goodly to me.
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 hath given me understanding: moreover my reins also have corrected me even till night.
8 I know that Yahweh is always with me. He is beside me; so nothing will (perturb me/cause me to be worried).
I set the Lord always in my sight: for he is at my right hand, that I be not moved.
9 Therefore I am glad and I [MTY, DOU] rejoice; I can rest securely
Therefore my heart hath been glad, and my tongue hath rejoiced: moreover my flesh also shall rest in hope.
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)
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; nor wilt then give thy holy one to see corruption. (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).
Thou hast made known to me the ways of life, thou shalt fill me with joy with thy countenance: at thy right hand are delights even to the end.
