Psalm 16

You Will Not Abandon My Soul

16A ^hMiktam¹ of David.

¹Preserve me, O God, for in you I ⁱtake refuge.

²I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;

^jI have no good apart from you.”

³As for ^kthe saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,

in whom is all my delight.²

⁴The sorrows of those who run after³ another god shall multiply;

their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out

or ^ltake their names on my lips.

⁵The Lord is ^mmy chosen portion and my ⁿcup;

you hold my ^olot.

^6pThe lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;

indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

⁷I bless the Lord who ^qgives me counsel;

in ^rthe night also my ^sheart instructs me.⁴

^8tI have ^uset the Lord always before me;

because he is at my ^vright hand, I shall not be ^wshaken.

⁹Therefore my heart is glad, and my ^xwhole being⁵ rejoices;

my flesh also dwells secure.

¹⁰For you will not abandon my soul to ^ySheol,

^zor let your ^aholy one see ^bcorruption.⁶

¹¹You make known to me ^cthe path of life;

in your presence there is ^dfullness of joy;

at your right hand are ^epleasures forevermore.