Psalmorum 16
1 Tituli inscriptio ipsi David. Conserva me Domine, quoniam speravi in te.
A Precious Psalm of David. Preserve me, O GOD, for I have sought refuge in thee.
2 Dixi Domino: Deus meus es tu, quoniam bonorum meorum non eges.
Thou hast said unto Yahweh, My Lord, art thou! My goodness, mounteth not unto thee.
3 Sanctis, qui sunt in terra eius, mirificavit omnes voluntates meas in eis.
It belongeth unto the holy ones, whom, in his own land, Yahweh, ennobleth, In whom is all his delight
4 Multiplicatæ sunt infirmitates eorum: postea acceleraverunt. Non congregabo conventicula eorum de sanguinibus: nec memor ero nominum eorum per labia mea.
They multiply their idols—another, have they purchased! I will not pour out their drink-offerings of blood, nor will I take up their names on my lips.
5 Dominus pars hereditatis meæ, et calicis mei: tu es, qui restitues hereditatem meam mihi.
Yahweh, is mine allotted portion and my cup, Thou, art maintaining my lot.
6 Funes ceciderunt mihi in præclaris: etenim hereditas mea præclara est mihi.
The lines, have fallen unto me, in pleasant places, Verily an inheritance that delighteth me.
7 Benedicam Dominum, qui tribuit mihi intellectum: insuper et usque ad noctem increpuerunt me renes mei.
I will bless Yahweh, who hath counselled me, —Surely, by night, shall mine impulses admonish me.
8 Providebam Dominum in conspectu meo semper: quoniam a dextris est mihi, ne commovear.
I have set Yahweh before me continually, because he is on my right hand, I shall not be shaken!
9 Propter hoc lætatum est cor meum, et exultavit lingua mea: insuper et caro mea requiescet in spe.
Therefore, hath my heart rejoiced, and mine honour exulted, Yea, my flesh, shall settle down securely;
10 Quoniam non derelinques animam meam in inferno: nec dabis sanctum tuum videre corruptionem. (Sheol h7585)
For thou wilt not abandon my soul to hades, neither wilt thou suffer thy man of lovingkindness, to see corruption: (Sheol h7585)
11 Notas mihi fecisti vias vitæ, adimplebis me lætitia cum vultu tuo: delectationes in dextera tua usque in finem.
Thou wilt cause me to know, the path of life, —Fulness of joys before thee, Pleasures at thy right hand evermore.
