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Psalm 16:title–3

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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.

Read in Logos
Psalm 16:2: I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.”

Footnotes

  1. †Possibly Epigrammatic Poem, Atonement Psalm
  2. 1Or the Lord
  3. 1Lit holy ones

Cross references

  1. aPs 17:8
  2. bPs 7:1
  3. aPs 73:25
  4. aPs 101:6
  5. bPs 119:63

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

A Miktam of David.

Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.

I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;

I have no good apart from you.”

As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,

in whom is all my delight.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

A miktam of David.

Keep me safe, my God,

for in you I take refuge.

I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;

apart from you I have no good thing.”

I say of the holy people who are in the land,

“They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A Miktam of David.

Protect me, God, for I take refuge in you.

I said to the Lord, “You are my Lord;

I have nothing good besides you.”

As for the holy people who are in the land,

they are the noble ones.

All my delight is in them.

NLTNew Living Translation

A psalm of David.

Keep me safe, O God,

for I have come to you for refuge.

I said to the Lord, “You are my Master!

Every good thing I have comes from you.”

The godly people in the land

are my true heroes!

I take pleasure in them!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

A miktam of David.

Protect me, O God,

for I take refuge in you.

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

I have no good apart from you.”

With regard to the saints who are in the land,

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

KJV 1900King James Version

Michtam of David.

Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.

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

My goodness extendeth not to thee;

But to the saints that are in the earth,

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