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Psalm 16:4-6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

4 [a]They multiply their sorrows
    who court other gods.
Blood libations to them I will not pour out,
    nor will I take their names upon my lips.
5 Lord, my allotted portion and my cup,
    you have made my destiny secure.(A)
6 [b]Pleasant places were measured out for me;
    fair to me indeed is my inheritance.

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Footnotes

  1. 16:4 Take their names: to use the gods’ names in oaths and hence to affirm them as one’s own gods.
  2. 16:6 Pleasant places were measured out for me: the psalmist is pleased with the plot of land measured out to the family, which was to be passed on to succeeding generations (“my inheritance”).
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