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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Psalm 16 JPS Tanakh 1917</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/jps/psalms/16.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/16.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/16-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="../">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> > Psalm 16</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/15.htm" title="Psalm 15">◄</a> Psalm 16 <a href="../psalms/17.htm" title="Psalm 17">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">JPS Tanakh 1917</div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/16-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Michtam of David.<p></div><div class="po3">Keep me, O God; for I have taken refuge in Thee.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/16-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I have said unto the LORD: ‘Thou art my Lord;</div><div class="po2">I have no good but in Thee’;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/16-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>As for the holy that are in the earth,</div><div class="po2">They are the excellent in whom is all my delight.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/16-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Let the idols of them be multiplied that make suit unto another;</div><div class="po2">Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer,</div><div class="po2">Nor take their names upon my lips.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/16-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>O LORD, the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup,</div><div class="po2">Thou maintainest my lot.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/16-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places;</div><div class="po2">Yea, I have a goodly heritage.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/16-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel;</div><div class="po2">Yea, in the night seasons my reins instruct me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/16-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I have set the LORD always before me;</div><div class="po2">Surely He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/16-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth; my flesh also dwelleth in safety;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/16-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For Thou wilt not abandon my soul to the nether-world;</div><div class="po2">Neither wilt Thou suffer Thy godly one to see the pit.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/16-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Thou makest me to know the path of life;</div><div class="po2">In Thy presence is fulness of joy,</div><div class="po2">In Thy right hand bliss for evermore.</div></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/17.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 17"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 17" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/psalms/16-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>