Psalms 16
1 God, protect me because I go to you to keep me safe!
“A psalm off David.” Preserve me, O God! for to thee do I look for help.
2 I said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord; all the good things that I have come from you.”
I have said to Jehovah, Thou art my Lord; I have no happiness beyond thee!
3 Your people who live in this land are wonderful; I delight to be with them.
The holy that are in the land, and the excellent, —in them 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.
They who hasten after other gods shall have multiplied sorrows; Their drink-offerings of blood I will not offer, Nor will I 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.
Jehovah is my portion and my cup; Thou wilt maintain 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].
My portion hath fallen to me in pleasant places; Yea, I have a goodly inheritance.
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 careth for me; Yea, in the night my heart admonisheth 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 set the LORD before me at all times; Since he is at my right hand, I shall not fall.
9 Therefore I am glad and I [MTY, DOU] rejoice; I can rest securely
Therefore my heart is glad, and my spirit rejoiceth; Yea, my flesh dwelleth in security.
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 give me up to the underworld; Nor wilt thou suffer thy holy 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 wilt show me the path of life; In thy presence is fulness of joy; At thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.
