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Psalm 16
New King James Version

### The Hope of the Faithful, and the Messiah’s Victory

#### A (A)Michtam of David.

16 Preserve[a] me, O God, for in You I put my trust.

2 O my soul, you have said to the Lord,
“You are my Lord,
(B)My goodness is nothing apart from You.”
3 As for the saints who are on the earth,
“They are the excellent ones, in (C)whom is all my delight.”

4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied who hasten after another god;
Their drink offerings of (D)blood I will not offer,
(E)Nor take up their names on my lips.

5 O Lord, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup;
You [b]maintain my lot.
6 The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;
Yes, I have a good inheritance.

7 I will bless the Lord who has given me counsel;
My [c]heart also instructs me in the night seasons.
8 (F)I have set the Lord always before me;
Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.

9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices;
My flesh also will [d]rest in hope.
10 (G)For You will not leave my soul in [e]Sheol,
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to [f]see corruption.
11 You will show me the (H)path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

#### Footnotes

1. Psalm 16:1 Watch over
2. Psalm 16:5 Lit. uphold
3. Psalm 16:7 Mind, lit. kidneys
4. Psalm 16:9 Or dwell securely
5. Psalm 16:10 The abode of the dead
6. Psalm 16:10 undergo

#### Cross references

1. Psalm 16:1 : Ps. 56—60
2. Psalm 16:2 : Job 35:7
3. Psalm 16:3 : Ps. 119:63
4. Psalm 16:4 : Ps. 106:37, 38
5. Psalm 16:4 : [Ex. 23:13]; Josh. 23:7
6. Psalm 16:8 : [Acts 2:25–28]
7. Psalm 16:10 : Ps. 49:15; 86:13; Acts 2:31, 32; Heb. 13:20
8. Psalm 16:11 : Ps. 139:24; [Matt. 7:14]

New King James Version (NKJV)

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