Psalm 16

Psalm 16

Song of Trust and Security in God

A Miktam of David.

¹Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge.^*

²I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;

I have no good apart from you.”ⁿ

³As for the holy ones in the land, they are the noble ones

in whom is all my delight.^*

⁴Those who choose another god multiply their sorrows;^o

their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out

or take their names upon my lips.^*

⁵The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;

you hold my lot.^*

⁶The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;

I have a goodly heritage.^*

⁷I bless the Lord, who gives me counsel;

in the night also my heart instructs me.^*

⁸I keep the Lord always before me;

because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.^*

⁹Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices;

my body also rests secure.^*

¹⁰For you do not give me up to Sheol

or let your faithful one see the Pit.^*

¹¹You show me the path of life.

In your presence there is fullness of joy;

in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.^*