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Psalms 16

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Psalm 16
Song of Trust and Security in God
A Miktam of David.
1 # Ps 7.1; 17.8 Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
2I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
I have no good apart from you.”#16.2 Jerome Tg: Meaning of Heb uncertain
3 # Deut 33.3; Ps 101.6 As for the holy ones in the land, they are the noble ones
in whom is all my delight.
4 # Ex 23.13; Ps 32.10; 106.37, 38 Those who choose another god multiply their sorrows;#16.4 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain
their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or take their names upon my lips.
5 # Ps 23.5; 73.26; 125.3 The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;
you hold my lot.
6 # Ps 78.55; Jer 3.19 The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
I have a goodly heritage.
7 # Ps 73.24; 77.6 I bless the Lord, who gives me counsel;
in the night also my heart instructs me.
8 # Ps 54.3; 62.2; 73.23 I keep the Lord always before me;
because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
9 # Ps 4.7, 8; 30.12 Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices;
my body also rests secure.
10 # Ps 49.9; Acts 2.27; 13.35 For you do not give me up to Sheol
or let your faithful one see the Pit.
11 # Ps 17.15; 36.7, 8; Mt 7.14 You show me the path of life.
In your presence there is fullness of joy;
in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

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