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12 verses

Psalm 16

A Poem by David.

¹Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge.

²My soul, you have said to ForeverOne, "You are LordOfMine. Apart from you I have no good thing." ³As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.

⁴Their sorrows shall be multiplied who give gifts to another [god]. Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, nor take their names on my lips.

⁵ForeverOne assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.

⁶The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, I have a good inheritance.

⁷I will bless ForeverOne, who has given me counsel. Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.

⁸I have set ForeverOne always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

⁹Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.

¹⁰For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.

¹¹You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.

The Bible text is a minor adaptation of the WEB to include nuanced meanings of particular ancient words for placenames, God and others of special interest.
In general square brackets:[] are used to indicated words not found in the original text.
They also indicate the 5 books of the Psalms, and the letters in Psalm 119;
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