Psalm 16
A miktam of David.
1My God, keep me safe.
I go to you for safety.
2I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord.
Without you, I don’t have anything that is good.”
3I say about God’s people who live in our land, “They are the noble ones.
I take great delight in them.”
4Those who run after other gods
will suffer more and more.
I will not pour out offerings of blood to those gods.
My lips will not speak their names.
5Lord, you alone are everything I need.
You make my life secure.
6I am very pleased with what you have given me.
I am very happy with what I’ve received from you.
7I will praise the Lord. He gives me good advice.
Even at night my heart teaches me.
8I keep my eyes always on the Lord.
He is at my right hand.
So I will always be secure.
9So my heart is glad. Joy is on my tongue.
My body also will be secure.
10You will not leave me in the place of the dead.
You will not let your faithful one rot away.
11You always show me the path of life.
You will fill me with joy when I am with you.
You will make me happy forever at your right hand.
Psalm 16
A miktamTitle: Probably a literary or musical term of David.
1Keep me safe, my God,
for in you I take refuge.
2I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
apart from you I have no good thing.”
3I say of the holy people who are in the land,
“They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.”
4Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more.
I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods
or take up their names on my lips.
5Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup;
you make my lot secure.
6The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely I have a delightful inheritance.
7I will praise the Lord, who counsels me;
even at night my heart instructs me.
8I keep my eyes always on the Lord.
With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
9Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body also will rest secure,
10because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
nor will you let your faithful16:10 Or holy one see decay.
11You make known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
