Psalms 16
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Berean Standard Bible
1Michtam of David. Keep me, O God; for I have taken refuge in Thee.
1Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.
2I have said unto the LORD: 'Thou art my Lord; I have no good but in Thee';
2I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.”
3As for the holy that are in the earth, they are the excellent in whom is all my delight.
3As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.
4Let the idols of them be multiplied that make suit unto another; their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take their names upon my lips.
4Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips.
5O LORD, the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup, Thou maintainest my lot.
5The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
6The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
6The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.
7I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel; yea, in the night seasons my reins instruct me.
7I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.
8I have set the LORD always before me; surely He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
8I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
9Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth; my flesh also dwelleth in safety;
9Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.
10For Thou wilt not abandon my soul to the nether-world; neither wilt Thou suffer Thy godly one to see the pit.
10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
11Thou makest me to know the path of life; in Thy presence is fulness of joy, in Thy right hand bliss for evermore.
11You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
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