< Psalms 16 >
1 God, protect me because I go to you to keep me safe!
A michtam of David. Keep 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, my happiness rests in you alone.
3 Your people who live in this land are wonderful; I delight to be with them.
Those who are holy in the land, they, they alone, are the noble ones; all my delight 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.
Those who choose other gods find endless sorrow. In their offerings of blood I will have no part nor take their name on 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 share and my portion, my fate is in your strong hands.
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 boundary lines of my life mark out delightful country, my heritage pleases me well.
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 praise the Lord for his counsel, which so stirs my heart in the 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 keep the Lord always in mind: with him at my hand, I can never be moved.
9 Therefore I am glad and I [MTY, DOU] rejoice; I can rest securely
So my heart is glad, there is joy inside me; and in safety of body I live.
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 )
For you will not give me up to Sheol nor let any who love you see the pit. (Sheol )
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 will show me the path that leads to life, to that fulness of joy which is in your presence, and the pleasures dispensed by your hand evermore.