< Psalms 16 >

1 God, protect me because I go to you to keep me safe!
Michtam of Dauid. Preserue mee, O God: for in thee doe I trust.
2 I said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord; all the good things that I have come from you.”
O my soule, thou hast sayd vnto the Lord, Thou art my Lord: my weldoing extendeth not to thee,
3 Your people who live in this land are wonderful; I delight to be with them.
But to the Saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent: all my delite is 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.
The sorowes of them, that offer to an other god, shall be multiplied: their offerings of blood will I not offer, neither make mention of 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 the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou shalt mainteine my lot.
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 vnto me in pleasant places: yea, I haue a faire heritage.
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 wil prayse the Lord, who hath giuen me counsell: my reines also teach me in the nightes.
8 I know that Yahweh is always with me. He is beside me; so nothing will (perturb me/cause me to be worried).
I haue set the Lord alwayes before me: for hee is at my right hand: therefore I shall not slide.
9 Therefore I am glad and I [MTY, DOU] rejoice; I can rest securely
Wherefore mine heart is glad and my tongue reioyceth: my flesh also doeth 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)
For thou wilt not leaue my soule in the graue: neither wilt thou suffer thine 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 wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is the fulnesse of ioy: and at thy right hand there are pleasures for euermore.

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