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Psalm 16  Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Confidence in the Lord

A Miktam of David.(A)

16 Protect me, God, for I take refuge in you.(B)
2 I[a] said to the Lord, ‘You are my Lord;
I have nothing good besides you’.[b](C)
3 As for the holy people who are in the land,(D)
they are the noble ones.
All my delight is in them.
4 The sorrows of those who take another god
for themselves will multiply;
I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood,
and I will not speak their names with my lips.(E)

5 Lord, you are my portion[c]
and my cup of blessing;
you hold my future.(F)
6 The boundary lines have fallen for me
in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.(G)

7 I will bless the Lord who counsels me(H) –
even at night when my thoughts trouble me.[d](I)
8 I always let the Lord guide me.[e]
Because he is at my right hand,
I will not be shaken.(J)

9 Therefore my heart is glad
and my whole being rejoices;
my body also rests securely.(K)
10 For you will not abandon me to Sheol;(L)
you will not allow your faithful one to see decay.(M)
11 You reveal the path of life to me;
in your presence is abundant joy;(N)
at your right hand are eternal pleasures.(O)

Footnotes

  1. 16:2 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Jer; other Hb mss read You
  2. 16:2 Or ‘Lord, my good; there is none besides you.’
  3. 16:5 Orallotted portion
  4. 16:7 Or at night my heart instructs me
  5. 16:8 Lit I place the Lord in front of me always

Cross references

  1. 16:title : Pss 56–60 titles
  2. 16:1 : Ps 94:22
  3. 16:2 : Ps 73:25
  4. 16:3 : Dt 7:6; 14:2; 26:19
  5. 16:4 : Ex 23:13; Jos 23:7
  6. 16:5 : Nm 18:20; Ps 119:57; Lm 3:24
  7. 16:6 : Jr 3:19
  8. 16:7 : Ps 73:24
  9. 16:7 : Ps 77:6
  10. 16:8 : Ps 15:5; 112:6
  11. 16:9 : Ps 4:7–8; 13:5
  12. 16:10 : Ps 49:10; 86:13
  13. 16:10 : Jb 33:18,28; Ps 30:3; 103:4; Ac 13:35
  14. 16:11 : Ps 21:6
  15. 16:8–11 : Ac 2:25–28
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