Psalm 16:1-6

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Psalm 16

Confidence in the Lord

A Miktam of David.^(A)

¹Protect me, God, for I take refuge in you.^(B)
²I^[a] said to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
I have nothing good besides you.”^[b]^(C)
³As for the holy people who are in the land,^(D)
they are the noble ones.
All my delight is in them.
⁴The sorrows of those who take another god
for themselves will multiply;
I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood,
and I will not speak their names with my lips.^(E)

⁵Lord, you are my portion^[c]
and my cup of blessing;
you hold my future.^(F)
⁶The boundary lines have fallen for me
in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.^(G)

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Footnotes

16:2 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Jer; other Hb mss read You
16:2 Or “Lord, my good; there is none besides you.”
16:5 Or allotted portion

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