Psa 16
a[Ps. 56, title; 57, title; 60, title]
 
cSee Ps. 11:1
d[Ps. 73:25]
e[Ex. 19:6; Deut. 7:6; 1 Pet. 2:9]
hEx. 23:13; Josh. 23:7
iPs. 73:26; 119:57; 142:5; Num. 18:20; Lam. 3:24; [Deut. 32:9; Jer. 10:16; 51:19]
jPs. 23:5; 116:13
kPs. 125:3
lMic. 2:5
mSee 1 Sam. 23:9-12; 2 Sam. 5:18, 19
nPs. 17:3; See Ps. 42:8
oPs. 7:9
qCited Acts 2:25-28
rPs. 119:30
sPs. 109:31; 110:5; 121:5
tPs. 10:6; 15:5
uPs. 30:12; 57:8; 108:1; Gen. 49:6
wSee Job 21:13
xCited Acts 13:35
yPs. 89:18; [Mark 1:24]
zPs. 49:9; 103:4
abMatt. 7:14
ac[Ps. 21:6]
adPs. 36:8

‏ Psalms 16

You Will Not Abandon My Soul

A aMiktam ▼
▼Probably a musical or liturgical term
 of David.

1Preserve me, O God, for in you I ctake refuge.
 2I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
dI have no good apart from you.”
 3As for ethe saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
in whom is all my delight. ▼
▼Or To the saints in the land, the excellent in whom is all my delight, I say:

 4The sorrows of those who run after ▼
▼Or  who acquire
 another god shall multiply;
their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or htake their names on my lips.
 5The Lord is imy chosen portion and my jcup;
you hold my klot.
 6 lThe lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
 7I bless the Lord who mgives me counsel;
in nthe night also my oheart instructs me. ▼
▼Hebrew  my kidneys instruct me

 8 qI have rset the Lord always before me;
because he is at my sright hand, I shall not be tshaken.
 9Therefore my heart is glad, and my uwhole being ▼
▼Hebrew  my glory
 rejoices;
my flesh also dwells secure.
 10For you will not abandon my soul to wSheol,
xor let your yholy one see zcorruption. ▼
▼Or  see the pit

 11You make known to me abthe path of life;
in your presence there is acfullness of joy;
at your right hand are adpleasures forevermore.
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