PSALM 16

¹A David michtam.

Guard me, O God,

for I shelter in You.

²I said to the LORD,

“My Master You are.

My good is only through You.”

³As to holy ones in the land

and the mighty who were all my desire,

⁴let their sorrows abound—

another did they betroth.

I will not pour their libations of blood,

I will not bear their names on my lips.

⁵The LORD is my portion and lot,

it is You Who sustain my fate.

⁶An inheritance fell to me with delight,

my estate, too, is lovely to me.

⁷I shall bless the LORD Who gave me counsel

through the nights that my conscience would lash me.

⁸I set the LORD always before me,

on my right hand, that I not stumble.

⁹So my heart rejoices and my pulse beats with joy,

my whole body abides secure.

¹⁰For You will not forsake my life to Sheol,

You won’t let Your faithful one see the Pit.

¹¹Make me know the path of life.

Joys overflow in Your presence,

delights in Your right hand forever.