Psalms 16

Psalm 16

Confidence in the Lord

A Miktam of David.

¹Protect me, God, for I take refuge in you.²

³I said to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have nothing good besides you.”⁴

⁵As for the holy people who are in the land, they are the noble ones. All my delight is in them.⁶

⁷The 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.⁸

⁹Lord, you are my portion and my cup of blessing; you hold my future.¹⁰

¹¹The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.¹²

¹³I will bless the Lord who counsels me — even at night when my thoughts trouble me.¹⁴

¹⁵I always let the Lord guide me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.¹⁶

¹⁷Therefore my heart is glad and my whole being rejoices; my body also rests securely.¹⁸

¹⁹For you will not abandon me to Sheol; you will not allow your faithful one to see decay.²⁰

²¹You reveal the path of life to me; in your presence is abundant joy; at your right hand are eternal pleasures.²²