Psalms 16 / 150
- 1
(You Will Not Abandon My Soul)A Miktam of David.
Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
- 2
I say to the Lord, "You are my Lord;
I have no good apart from you."
- 3
As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
in whom is all my delight.
- 4
The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply;
their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or take their names on my lips.
- 5
The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;
you hold my lot.
- 6
The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
- 7
I bless the Lord who gives me counsel;
in the night also my heart instructs me.
- 8
I have set the Lord always before me;
because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
- 9
Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices;
my flesh also dwells secure.
- 10
For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,
or let your holy one see corruption.
- 11
You make known to me the path of life;
in your presence there is fullness of joy;
at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.