Psalms 16

Confidence in the Lord

A Miktam of David. # 16:title Pss 56–60 titles

1 Protect me, God, for I take refuge in you.  * 16:1 Ps 94:22

2 I  * 16:2 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Jer; other Hb mss read You said to the Lord, "You are my Lord;

I have nothing good besides you."  * 16:2 Or "Lord, my good; there is none besides you.",* 16:2 Ps 73:25

3 As for the holy people who are in the land,  * 16:3 Dt 7:6; 14:2; 26:19

they are the noble ones.

All my delight is in them.

4 The sorrows of those who take another god

for themselves will multiply;

I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood,

and I will not speak their names with my lips.  * 16:4 Ex 23:13; Jos 23:7

5 Lord, you are my portion  * 16:5 Orallotted portion

and my cup of blessing;

you hold my future.  * 16:5 Nm 18:20; Ps 119:57; Lm 3:24

6 The boundary lines have fallen for me

in pleasant places;

indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.  * 16:6 Jr 3:19

7 I will bless the  Lord who counsels me  * 16:7 Ps 73:24  —

even at night when my thoughts trouble me.  * 16:7 Or at night my heart instructs me,* 16:7 Ps 77:6

8 I always let the Lord guide me.  * 16:8 Lit I place the Lord in front of me always

Because he is at my right hand,

I will not be shaken.  * 16:8 Ps 15:5; 112:6

9 Therefore my heart is glad

and my whole being rejoices;

my body also rests securely.  * 16:9 Ps 4:7–8; 13:5

10 For you will not abandon me to Sheol;  * 16:10 Ps 49:10; 86:13

you will not allow your faithful one to see decay.  * 16:10 Jb 33:18,28; Ps 30:3; 103:4; Ac 13:35

11 You reveal the path of life to me;

in your presence is abundant joy;  * 16:11 Ps 21:6

at your right hand are eternal pleasures.  * 16:8–11 Ac 2:25–28