Psalm 16

¹Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge.

²I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;

I have no good apart from you.”

³As for the holy ones in the land, they are the noble,

in whom is all my delight.

⁴Those who choose another god multiply their sorrows;

their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out

or take their names upon my lips.

⁵The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;

you hold my lot.

⁶The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;

I have a goodly heritage.

⁷I bless the Lord who gives me counsel;

in the night also my heart instructs me.

⁸I keep the Lord always before me;

because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

⁹Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices;

my body also rests secure.

¹⁰For you do not give me up to Sheol,

or let your faithful one see the Pit.

¹¹You show me the path of life.

In your presence there is fullness of joy;

in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.