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