Psalm 16

English Standard Version

You Will Not Abandon My Soul

A ^(A)Miktam^[a] of David.

16 Preserve me, O God, for in you I ^(B)take refuge.
²I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
^(C)I have no good apart from you.”

³As for ^(D)the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
in whom is all my delight.^[b]

⁴The sorrows of those who run after^[c] another god shall multiply;
their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or ^(E)take their names on my lips.

⁵The Lord is ^(F)my chosen portion and my ^(G)cup;
you hold my ^(H)lot.
⁶^(I)The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

⁷I bless the Lord who ^(J)gives me counsel;
in ^(K)the night also my ^(L)heart instructs me.^[d]
⁸^(M)I have ^(N)set the Lord always before me;
because he is at my ^(O)right hand, I shall not be ^(P)shaken.

⁹Therefore my heart is glad, and my ^(Q)whole being^[e] rejoices;
my flesh also dwells secure.
¹⁰For you will not abandon my soul to ^(R)Sheol,
^(S)or let your ^(T)holy one see ^(U)corruption.^[f]

¹¹You make known to me ^(V)the path of life;
in your presence there is ^(W)fullness of joy;
at your right hand are ^(X)pleasures forevermore.

Footnotes

Psalm 16:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 16:3 Or To the saints in the land, the excellent in whom is all my delight, I say:
Psalm 16:4 Or who acquire
Psalm 16:7 Hebrew my kidneys instruct me
Psalm 16:9 Hebrew my glory
Psalm 16:10 Or see the pit

Song of Solomon 5:9-6:3

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Others

⁹What is your beloved more than another beloved,
O ^(A)most beautiful among women?
What is your beloved more than another beloved,
that you thus ^(B)adjure us?

The Bride Praises Her Beloved

She

¹⁰My beloved is radiant and ^(C)ruddy,
    ^(D)distinguished among ten thousand.
¹¹His head is the finest gold;
    ^(E)his locks are wavy,
    black as a raven.
¹²His ^(F)eyes are like doves
    beside streams of water,
bathed in milk,
    sitting beside a full pool.^[a]
¹³His ^(G)cheeks are like ^(H)beds of spices,
    mounds of sweet-smelling herbs.
His lips are ^(I)lilies,
    dripping ^(J)liquid myrrh.
¹⁴His arms are rods of gold,
    set with ^(K)jewels.
His body is polished ivory,^[b]
    bedecked with ^(L)sapphires.^[c]
¹⁵His legs are alabaster columns,
    set on bases of gold.
His appearance is like ^(M)Lebanon,
    choice as the cedars.
¹⁶His ^(N)mouth^[d] is most sweet,
    and he is altogether desirable.
This is my beloved and this is my friend,
    O ^(O)daughters of Jerusalem.

Others

6 Where has your beloved gone,
O ^(P)most beautiful among women?
Where has your beloved turned,
that we may seek him with you?

Together in the Garden of Love

She

²My beloved has gone down to his ^(Q)garden
    to ^(R)the beds of spices,
to ^(S)graze^[e] in the gardens
    and to gather ^(T)lilies.
³^(U)I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine;
    he grazes among the lilies.

Footnotes

Song of Solomon 5:12 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
Song of Solomon 5:14 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
Song of Solomon 5:14 Hebrew lapis lazuli
Song of Solomon 5:16 Hebrew palate
Song of Solomon 6:2 Or to pasture his flock; also verse 3

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

English Standard Version

The Resurrection of Christ

15 Now I would remind you, brothers,^[a] of the gospel ^(A)I preached to you, which you received, ^(B)in which you stand, ²and by which ^(C)you are being saved, if you ^(D)hold fast to the word I preached to you—^(E)unless you believed in vain.

³For ^(F)I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died ^(G)for our sins ^(H)in accordance with the Scriptures, ⁴that he was buried, that he was raised ^(I)on the third day ^(J)in accordance with the Scriptures, ⁵and that ^(K)he appeared to Cephas, then ^(L)to the twelve. ⁶Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. ⁷Then he appeared to ^(M)James, then ^(N)to all the apostles. ⁸Last of all, as to one untimely born, ^(O)he appeared also to me. ⁹For ^(P)I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because ^(Q)I persecuted the church of God. ¹⁰But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, ^(R)I worked harder than any of them, ^(S)though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. ¹¹Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.