Psalm 16:1-2
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Song of Trust and Security in God
A Miktam of David.
16 Preserve me, O God, for in thee I take refuge.
2 I say to the Lord, “Thou art my Lord;
I have no good apart from thee.”[a]
Footnotes
- Psalm 16:2 Jerome Tg: The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
Psalm 16:5
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
5 The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;
thou holdest my lot.
Psalm 16:7-8
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
7 I bless the Lord who gives me counsel;
in the night also my heart instructs me.
8 I keep the Lord always before me;
because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Psalm 16:9-10
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices;
my body also dwells secure.
10 For thou dost not give me up to Sheol,
or let thy godly one see the Pit.
Psalm 16:11
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
11 Thou dost show me the path of life;
in thy presence there is fulness of joy,
in thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.
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