Psalm 16

Confidence in Yahweh

16A miktam^a of David.^b

¹Protect me, O God,

for I take refuge in you.

²Oh my soul you have said^c to Yahweh, “You are my Lord.

I have no good apart from you.”

³With regard to the saints who are in the land,

they are the noble ones in whom is all my desire.

⁴Those who hurry after^d another god increase their sorrows.

I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood,

nor take up their names on my lips.

⁵Yahweh is the portion which is my share and my cup.

You hold my lot.

⁶The measuring lines have fallen for me in pleasant places.

Yes, my inheritance is delightful for me.

⁷I will bless Yahweh who advises me;

yes, at night my innermost being^e instructs me.

⁸I have set Yahweh before me always.

Because he is at my right hand I will not be shaken.

⁹Therefore my heart is glad and my glory^f rejoices.

Yes, my body will dwell in safety,

¹⁰for you will not abandon my soul to Sheol;

you will not give your faithful one to see the grave.

¹¹You will make known to me the path of life.

In your presence is fullness of joy.

At your right hand are pleasures forever.