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Psalm 16:1–3

1 Preserve 1me, O God, for in You I put my trust.

2 O my soul, you have said to the Lord,

“You are my Lord,

bMy goodness is nothing apart from You.”

3 As for the saints who are on the earth,

“They are the excellent ones, in cwhom is all my delight.”

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Psalm 16:1–3 — The New International Version (NIV)

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.”

Psalm 16:1–3 — English Standard Version (ESV)

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.

Psalm 16:1–3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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.

Psalm 16:1–3 — New Living Translation (NLT)

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!

Psalm 16:1–3 — New Century Version (NCV)

Protect me, God,

because I trust in you.

I said to the Lord, “You are my Lord.

Every good thing I have comes from you.”

As for the godly people in the world,

they are the wonderful ones I enjoy.

Psalm 16:1–3 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Preserve me, O God; for in thee do I take refuge.

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

I have no good beyond thee.

As for the saints that are in the earth,

They are the excellent in whom is all my delight.

Psalm 16:1–3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Preserve me, O •God: for I trust in thee. Thou my soul hast said to Jehovah, Thou art the Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee; — To the saints that are on the earth, and to the excellent thou hast said, In them is all my delight.

Psalm 16:1–3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Protect me, O God, because I take refuge in you. 

I said to the Lord

“You are my Lord. Without you, I have nothing good.” 

Those who lead holy lives on earth 

are the noble ones who fill me with joy. 

Psalm 16:1–3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

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

I said to Yahweh, “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.

Psalm 16:1–3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Protect 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 holy ones in the land, they are the noble,

in whom is all my delight.

Psalm 16:1–3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

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.

Psalm 16:1–3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

God, keep me safe.

I go to you for safety.

I said to the Lord, “You are my Lord.

Without you, I don’t have anything that is good.”

God’s people who live in our land are glorious.

I take great delight in them.

Psalm 16:1–3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

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

I said to the Lord, “You are my Lord;

I have no good besides You.”

As for the saints who are in the earth,

They are the majestic ones in whom is all my delight.


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