Psalms 16

Psalm 16

Song of Trust and Security in God

1Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge.[#Ps 7.1; 17.8]

2I say to the Lord , “You are my Lord;

I have no good apart from you.”

3As for the holy ones in the land, they are the noble ones[#Deut 33.3; Ps 101.6]

in whom is all my delight.

4Those who choose another god multiply their sorrows;[#Ex 23.13; Ps 32.10; 106.37, 38; #16.4 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain]

their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out

or take their names upon my lips.

5The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;[#Ps 23.5; 73.26; 125.3]

you hold my lot.

6The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;[#Ps 78.55; Jer 3.19]

I have a goodly heritage.

7I bless the Lord , who gives me counsel;[#Ps 73.24; 77.6]

in the night also my heart instructs me.

8I keep the Lord always before me;[#Ps 54.3; 62.2; 73.23]

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

9Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices;[#Ps 4.7, 8; 30.12]

my body also rests secure.

10For you do not give me up to Sheol[#Ps 49.9; Acts 2.27; 13.35]

or let your faithful one see the Pit.

11You show me the path of life.[#Ps 17.15; 36.7, 8; Mt 7.14]

In your presence there is fullness of joy;

in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

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