Psalm 16

¹A Miktam of David. Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.

²I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.”

³As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.

⁴Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips.

⁵The LORD [is] my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot {secure}.

⁶The lines of my {boundary} have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.

⁷I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.

⁸I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

⁹Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.

¹⁰For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.

¹¹You 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.