Psalm 16:1–11

¹A Miktam^a of David.

Preserve me, 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 in the land,

they are the excellence

in whom all my delight resides.

⁴Sorrows will multiply

to those who chase other gods.

I will not pour out their libations of blood,

or speak their names with my lips.

⁵The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup;

You have made my lot secure.

⁶The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places;

surely my inheritance is delightful.

⁷I will bless the LORD who counsels me;

even at night my conscience instructs me.^b

⁸I have set^c 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 dwell securely.^d

¹⁰For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol,

nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.^e

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

You will fill me with joy in Your presence,^f

with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.