Psalm 16 :: Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

Confidence in the LORD

A Miktam of David.

Psa 16:1

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

Psa 16:2

I[fn] said to the LORD, “You are my Lord;

I have nothing good besides you.”[fn]

Psa 16:3

As for the holy people who are in the land,

they are the noble ones.

All my delight is in them.

Psa 16:4

The sorrows of those who take another god

for themselves will multiply;

I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood,

and I will not speak their names with my lips.

Psa 16:5

LORD, you are my portion[fn]

and my cup of blessing;

you hold my future.

Psa 16:6

The boundary lines have fallen for me

in pleasant places;

indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

Psa 16:7

I will bless the LORD who counsels me —

even at night when my thoughts trouble me.[fn]

Psa 16:8

I always let the LORD guide me.[fn]

Because he is at my right hand,

I will not be shaken.

Psa 16:9

Therefore my heart is glad

and my whole being rejoices;

my body also rests securely.

Psa 16:10

For you will not abandon me to Sheol;

you will not allow your faithful one to see decay.

Psa 16:11

You reveal the path of life to me;

in your presence is abundant joy;

at your right hand are eternal pleasures.

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CSB Footnotes

(16:2)

Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Jer; other Hb mss read You

(16:2)

Or “Lord, my good; there is none besides you.”

(16:5)

Or allotted portion

(16:7)

Or at night my heart instructs me

(16:8)

Lit I place the Lord in front of me always

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