< Psalmorum 16 >
1 Psalmus David. Conserva me Domine, quoniam speravi in te.
A Secret Treasure of David. Preserve me, O God, for I did trust in Thee.
2 Dixi Domino: Deus meus es tu, quoniam bonorum meorum non eges.
Thou hast said to Jehovah, 'My Lord Thou [art];' My good [is] not for thine own sake;
3 Sanctis, qui sunt in terra eius, mirificavit omnes voluntates meas in eis.
For the holy ones who [are] in the land, And the honourable, all my delight [is] in them.
4 Multiplicatae sunt infirmitates eorum: postea acceleraverunt. Non congregabo conventicula eorum de sanguinibus: nec memor ero nominum eorum per labia mea.
Multiplied are their griefs, [Who] have hastened backward; I pour not out their libations of blood, Nor do I take up their names on my lips.
5 Dominus pars hereditatis meae, et calicis mei: tu es, qui restitues hereditatem meam mihi.
Jehovah [is] the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou — Thou dost uphold my lot.
6 Funes ceciderunt mihi in praeclaris: etenim hereditas mea praeclara est mihi.
Lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, Yea, a beauteous inheritance [is] for me.
7 Benedicam Dominum, qui tribuit mihi intellectum: insuper et usque ad noctem increpuerunt me renes mei.
I bless Jehovah who hath counselled me; Also [in] the nights my reins instruct me.
8 Providebam Dominum in conspectu meo semper: quoniam a dextris est mihi, ne commovear.
I did place Jehovah before me continually, Because — at my right hand I am not moved.
9 Propter hoc laetatum est cor meum, et exultavit lingua mea: insuper et caro mea requiescet in spe.
Therefore hath my heart been glad, And my honour doth rejoice, Also my flesh dwelleth confidently:
10 Quoniam non derelinques animam meam in inferno: nec dabis sanctum tuum videre corruptionem. (Sheol )
For Thou dost not leave my soul to Sheol, Nor givest thy saintly one to see corruption. (Sheol )
11 Notas mihi fecisti vias vitae, adimplebis me laetitia cum vultu tuo: delectationes in dextera tua usque in finem.
Thou causest me to know the path of life; Fulness of joys [is] with Thy presence, Pleasant things by Thy right hand for ever!