Psalms 16

Confidence in the Lord

1Protect me, God, for I take refuge in You.[#Ps 94:22]

2I said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord;[#Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Jer; other Hb mss read You]

I have nothing good besides You.”

3As for the holy people who are in the land,[#Dt 7:6; 14:2; 26:19]

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.

5Lord , You are my portion[#Or allotted portion]

and my cup of blessing;

You hold my future.

6The boundary lines have fallen for me

in pleasant places;

indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

7I will praise the Lord who counsels me —[#Ps 73:24]

even at night my conscience instructs me.

8I keep the Lord in mind always.[#Lit front of me]

Because He is at my right hand,

I will not be shaken.

9Therefore my heart is glad

and my spirit rejoices;

my body also rests securely.

10For You will not abandon me to Sheol;[#Ps 49:10; 86:13]

You will not allow Your Faithful One to see decay.

11You reveal the path of life to me;

in Your presence is abundant joy;

in Your right hand are eternal pleasures.

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