Psalm 16

A Goodly Heritage

1Preserve me, O God:

for in thee do I put my trust.

2O my soul , thou hast said unto the Lord , Thou art my Lord:

my goodness extendeth not to thee;

3but to the saints that are in the earth,

and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

4Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god :

their drink offerings of blood will I not offer,

nor take up their names into my lips.

5The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup:

thou maintainest my lot.

6The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places ;

yea, I have a goodly heritage.

7I will bless the Lord , who hath given me counsel:

my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.

8I have set the Lord always before me:[#Acts 2.25-28.]

because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

9Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth:

my flesh also shall rest in hope.

10For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell;[#1 Cor 15.4; Acts 13.35.; #16.10 Hebrew Sheol.]

neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

11Thou wilt show me the path of life:

in thy presence is fulness of joy;

at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

King James Version 1611, spelling, punctuation and text formatting modernized by ABS in 1962; typesetting © 2010 American Bible Society.
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