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Psalm 16:1-2
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Confidence in Yahweh

A miktam[a] of David.[b]

16 Protect me, O God,
for I take refuge in you.
2 Oh my soul you have said[c] to Yahweh, “You are my Lord.
I have no good apart from you.”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 16:1 Meaning uncertain
  2. Psalm 16:1 The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm
  3. Psalm 16:2 Reading a feminine singular verb; some Hebrew manuscripts and translations read “I said”
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Psalm 16:1-2
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Psalm 16

A miktam[a] of David.

1 Keep me safe,(A) my God,
    for in you I take refuge.(B)

2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;(C)
    apart from you I have no good thing.”(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 16:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
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