Psalms 16
1 God, protect me because I go to you to keep me safe!
[A Poem by David.] Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge.
2 I said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord; all the good things that I have come from you.”
I said to YHWH, "You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing."
3 Your people who live in this land are wonderful; I delight to be with them.
As for the holy ones who are in the land, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.
4 Those who choose to worship other gods will have many things that cause them to be sad. I will not join them when they make sacrifices [to their gods]; I will not even join them when they speak [MTY] the names of their gods.
Their sorrows will multiply who pay a dowry for another. Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, nor take their names on my lips.
5 Yahweh, you are the one whom I have chosen, and you give me great blessings. You protect me and control what happens to me.
YHWH is the portion of my inheritance and my cup. You made my lot secure.
6 Yahweh has given me a wonderful place in which to live; I am delighted with all the things that he has given me [MET].
The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, beautiful is my inheritance.
7 I will praise Yahweh, the one who teaches/disciplines me; even at night [he] you put in my mind what is right for me to do.
I will bless YHWH, who has given me counsel. Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.
8 I know that Yahweh is always with me. He is beside me; so nothing will (perturb me/cause me to be worried).
I have put YHWH before me at all times. Because he is at my right hand I will never be upended.
9 Therefore I am glad and I [MTY, DOU] rejoice; I can rest securely
Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.
10 because you, Yahweh, will not allow my soul/spirit to remain in the place where the dead people are; you will not allow me, your godly one, to stay there. (Sheol h7585)
For you will not abandon my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay. (Sheol h7585)
11 You will show me the road that leads to [receiving eternal] life, and you will make me joyful when I am with you. I will have pleasure forever when I am (at your right hand/seated next to you).
You make known to me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.
