Psalm 16

¹A Secret Treasure of David. Preserve me, O God, for I did trust in Thee.

²Thou hast said to Jehovah, ‘My Lord Thou art;’ My good is not for thine own sake;

³For the holy ones who are in the land, And the honourable, all my delight is in them.

⁴Multiplied are their griefs, Who have hastened backward; I pour not out their libations of blood, Nor do I take up their names on my lips.

⁵Jehovah is the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou—Thou dost uphold my lot.

⁶Lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, Yea, a beauteous inheritance is for me.

⁷I bless Jehovah who hath counselled me; Also in the nights my reins instruct me.

⁸I did place Jehovah before me continually, Because—at my right hand I am not moved.

⁹Therefore hath my heart been glad, And my honour doth rejoice, Also my flesh dwelleth confidently:

¹⁰For Thou dost not leave my soul to Sheol, Nor givest thy saintly one to see corruption.

¹¹Thou causest me to know the path of life; Fulness of joys is with Thy presence, Pleasant things by Thy right hand for ever!

Psalm 17