Psalm 16

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Psalm 16 A miktam^[1] of David.

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Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge.

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I said to the LORD, "You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing."

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As for the saints who are in the land, they are the glorious ones in whom is all my delight.^[2]

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The sorrows of those will increase who run after other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood or take up their names on my lips.

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LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure.

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The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.

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I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me.

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I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

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Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure,

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because you will not abandon me to the grave,^[3] nor will you let your Holy One^[4] see decay.

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You have made^[5] known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

1. [Title: Probably a literary or musical term
2. [3] Or As for the pagan priests who are in the land and the nobles in whom all delight, I said:
3. [10] Hebrew Sheol
4. [10] Or your faithful one
5. [11] Or You will make

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