16:1 A miktam of David. Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge.
16:2 I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.”
16:3 As for the saints who are in the land, they are the glorious ones in whom is all my delight.
16:4 The sorrows of those will increase who run after other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood or take up their names on my lips.
16:5 LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure.
16:6 The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.
16:7 I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me.
16:8 I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
16:9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure,
16:10 because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay.
16:11 You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
16:1 Preserve me, O God, for I take refuge in You.
16:2 I say to Jehovah, You are my Lord; / No good have I beyond You;
16:3 As for the saints who are on the earth, they are the excellent; / All my delight is in them.
16:4 The sorrows of them who bartered for some other god will be multiplied; / Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, / Nor will I take up their names upon my lips.
16:5 Jehovah is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup; / You maintain my lot.
16:6 The measuring lines have fallen on pleasant places for me; / Indeed the inheritance is beautiful to me.
16:7 I will bless Jehovah, who counsels me; / Indeed in the nights my inward parts instruct me.
16:8 I have set Jehovah before me continually; / Because He is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
16:9 Therefore my heart rejoices and my glory exults; / Even my flesh dwells securely.
16:10 For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, / Nor let Your Holy One see the pit.
16:11 You will make known to me the path of life; / In Your presence is fullness of joy; / At Your right hand there are pleasures forever.