I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
    (A)I have no good apart from you.”

As for (B)the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
    in whom is all my delight.[a]

The sorrows of those who run after[b] another god shall multiply;
    their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
    or (C)take their names on my lips.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 16:3 Or To the saints in the land, the excellent in whom is all my delight, I say:
  2. Psalm 16:4 Or who acquire

I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;(A)
    apart from you I have no good thing.”(B)
I say of the holy people(C) who are in the land,(D)
    “They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.”
Those who run after other gods(E) will suffer(F) more and more.
    I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods
    or take up their names(G) on my lips.

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