Chapter 16
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The Presence of the LORD
a Miktam is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 16 and Psalms 56–60.
A Miktama of David.
Preserve me, O God,
for in You I take refuge.
I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord;
apart from You I have no good thing.”
As for the saints in the land,
they are the excellence
in whom all my delight resides.
Sorrows will multiply
to those who chase other gods.
I will not pour out their libations of blood,
or speak their names with my lips.
The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup;
You have made my lot secure.
The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places;
surely my inheritance is delightful.
I will bless the LORD who counsels me;
b 16:7 Or my heart instructs me; Hebrew my kidneys instruct me
even at night my conscience instructs me.b
Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol,
You have made known to me the path of life;
with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
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Footnotes
- a , back to the text Miktam is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 16 and Psalms 56–60.
- b16:7 , back to the text Or my heart instructs me; Hebrew my kidneys instruct me
- c16:8 , back to the text LXX I foresaw
- d16:9 , back to the text LXX will dwell in hope
- e16:10 , back to the text Cited in Acts 13:35
- f16:11 , back to the text Cited in Acts 2:25–28
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