Psalms 16

The Presence of the LORD

¹A Miktam^{+16:1 Miktam is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalm 16 and Psalms 56–60.} of David.

Preserve me, O God,

for in You I take refuge.

²I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord;

apart from You I have no good thing.”

³As for the saints in the land,

they are the excellence

in whom all my delight resides.

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.

⁵The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup;

You have made my lot secure.

⁶The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places;

surely my inheritance is delightful.

⁷I will bless the LORD who counsels me;

even at night my conscience instructs me.^{+16:7 Or my heart instructs me; Hebrew my kidneys instruct me}

⁸I have set^{+16:8 LXX I foresaw} the LORD always before me.

Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

⁹Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;

my body also will dwell securely.^{+16:9 LXX will dwell in hope}

¹⁰For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol,

nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.^{+16:10 Cited in Acts 13:35}

¹¹You have made known to me the path of life;

You will fill me with joy in Your presence,^{+16:11 Cited in Acts 2:25–28}

with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.