Psalms 16
1 God, protect me because I go to you to keep me safe!
Michtam of David. Keep me, O God; for I have taken refuge in Thee.
2 I said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord; all the good things that I have come from you.”
I have said unto the LORD: 'Thou art my Lord; I have no good but in Thee';
3 Your people who live in this land are wonderful; I delight to be with them.
As for the holy that are in the earth, they are the excellent in whom is all my delight.
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.
Let the idols of them be multiplied that make suit unto another; their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take their names upon 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.
O LORD, the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup, Thou maintainest 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 unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly 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 will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel; yea, in the night seasons my reins instruct 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; surely He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
9 Therefore I am glad and I [MTY, DOU] rejoice; I can rest securely
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth; my flesh also dwelleth in safety;
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 abandon my soul to the nether-world; neither wilt Thou suffer Thy godly one to see the pit. (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 makest me to know the path of life; in Thy presence is fulness of joy, in Thy right hand bliss for evermore.
