Psalm 16 - The Scriptures 2009

¹ Guard me, O Ěl, for I have taken refuge in You.

² I have said to יהוה, “You are יהוה, I have no good beside You.”

³ As for the set-apart ones who are on the earth, They are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.

⁴ The sorrows of those who run after another one are increased; I would not pour out their drink offerings of blood, Nor take up their names on my lips.

⁵ יהוה is the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You uphold my lot.

⁶ Boundary lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; Indeed, a good inheritance is mine.

⁷ I bless יהוה who has given me counsel; My kidneys also instruct me in the nights.

⁸ I have set יהוה always before me; Because He is at my right hand I am not shaken.

⁹ Therefore my heart was glad, and my esteem rejoices; My flesh also dwells in safety.

¹⁰ For You do not leave my being in She’ol, Neither let Your Lovingly-committed One see corruption.

¹¹ You show me the path of life; In Your presence is joy to satisfaction; At Your right hand are pleasures forever.