Psalm 16

PSALM 16

You Will Not Forsake My Soul

A ^†Mikhtam of David.

^1aKeep me, O God, for ^bI take refuge in You.

²O my soul, you have said to Yahweh, “You are ¹my Lord;

I ^ahave no good without You.”

³As for the ^1asaints who are in the earth,

They are the majestic ones ^bin whom is all my delight.

⁴The ^1apains of those who have ²bartered for another god will be multiplied;

I shall not pour out their drink offerings of ^bblood,

Nor will I ^ctake their names upon my lips.

⁵Yahweh is the ^aportion of my inheritance and my ^bcup;

You support my ^clot.

⁶The ^alines have fallen to me in pleasant places;

Indeed, my inheritance is ^bbeautiful to me.

⁷I will bless Yahweh who has ^acounseled me;

Indeed, my ^1bmind instructs me in the night.

^8aI have ^bset Yahweh continually before me;

Because He is ^cat my right hand, ^dI will not be shaken.

⁹Therefore ^amy heart is glad and ^bmy glory rejoices;

My flesh also will ^cdwell securely.

¹⁰For You ^awill not forsake my soul to Sheol;

You will not ^bgive Your ¹Holy One over to see ²corruption.

¹¹You will make known to me ^athe path of life;

In ^bYour presence is fullness of joy;

In Your right hand there are ^cpleasures forever.