Psalm 16

A miktam^a of David.

1Keep me safe, O God,

for in you I take refuge.

2I said to the Lord, “You are my Lord;

apart from you I have no good thing.”

3As for the saints who are in the land,

they are the glorious ones in whom is all my delight.^b

4The sorrows of those will increase

who run after other gods.

I will not pour out their libations of blood

or take up their names on my lips.

5Lord, you have assigned me my portion and my cup;

you have made my lot secure.

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

surely I have a delightful inheritance.

7I will praise the Lord, who counsels me;

even at night my heart instructs me.

8I have set the Lord always before me.

Because he is at my right hand,

I will not be shaken.

9Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;

my body also will rest secure,

10because you will not abandon me to the grave,^c

nor will you let your Holy One^d see decay.

11You have made^e known to me the path of life;

you will fill me with joy in your presence,

with eternal pleasures at your right hand.