Psalm 16

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Psalm 16

Confidence in the Lord

A Miktam of David.^(A)

¹Protect me, God, for I take refuge in you.^(B)
²I^[a] said to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
I have nothing good besides you.”^[b]^(C)
³As for the holy people who are in the land,^(D)
they are the noble ones.
All my delight is in them.
⁴The sorrows of those who take another god
for themselves will multiply;
I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood,
and I will not speak their names with my lips.^(E)

⁵Lord, you are my portion^[c]
and my cup of blessing;
you hold my future.^(F)
⁶The boundary lines have fallen for me
in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.^(G)

⁷I will bless the Lord who counsels me^(H)—
even at night when my thoughts trouble me.^[d]^(I)
⁸I always let the Lord guide me.^[e]
Because he is at my right hand,
I will not be shaken.^(J)

⁹Therefore my heart is glad
and my whole being rejoices;
my body also rests securely.^(K)
¹⁰For you will not abandon me to Sheol;^(L)
you will not allow your faithful one to see decay.^(M)
¹¹You reveal the path of life to me;
in your presence is abundant joy;^(N)
at your right hand are eternal pleasures.^(O)

Footnotes

16:2 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Jer; other Hb mss read You
16:2 Or “Lord, my good; there is none besides you.”
16:5 Or allotted portion
16:7 Or at night my heart instructs me
16:8 Lit I place the Lord in front of me always

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