PSALM 16

TNDL: Psalm 16.Psalm 16 English Standard Version (ESV)

You Will Not Abandon My Soul

A Miktam[a] of David.

16 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.[b]

4 The sorrows of those who run after[c] 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.[d]

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[e] rejoices;

my flesh also dwells secure.

10 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,

or let your holy one see corruption.[f]

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.

Footnotes:

Psalm 16:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term

Psalm 16:3 Or To the saints in the land, the excellent in whom is all my delight, I say:

Psalm 16:4 Or who acquire

Psalm 16:7 Hebrew my kidneys instruct me

Psalm 16:9 Hebrew my glory

Psalm 16:10 Or see the pit