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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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/psalms/16.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="d">A psalm<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> of David.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/16-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Keep me safe, O God,</p><p class="line2">for I have come to you for refuge.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/16-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I said to the LORD, “You are my Master!</p><p class="line2">Every good thing I have comes from you.”</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/16-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The godly people in the land</p><p class="line2">are my true heroes!</p><p class="line2">I take pleasure in them!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/16-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Troubles multiply for those who chase after other gods.</p><p class="line2">I will not take part in their sacrifices of blood</p><p class="line2">or even speak the names of their gods.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/16-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>LORD, you alone are my inheritance, my cup of blessing.</p><p class="line2">You guard all that is mine.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/16-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The land you have given me is a pleasant land.</p><p class="line2">What a wonderful inheritance!</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/16-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I will bless the LORD who guides me;</p><p class="line2">even at night my heart instructs me.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/16-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I know the LORD is always with me.</p><p class="line2">I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/16-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>No wonder my heart is glad, and I rejoice.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a></p><p class="line2">My body rests in safety.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/16-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For you will not leave my soul among the dead<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a></p><p class="line2">or allow your holy one<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> to rot in the grave.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/16-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>You will show me the way of life,</p><p class="line2">granting me the joy of your presence</p><p class="line2">and the pleasures of living with you forever.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">16:TITLE </span><span class="ft"> Hebrew </span><span class="it">miktam.</span><span class="ft"> This may be a literary or musical term.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">16:9 </span><span class="ft">Greek version reads </span><span class="it">and my tongue shouts his praises.</span><span class="ft"> Compare Acts 2:26.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">16:10a </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">in Sheol.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">16:10b </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">your Holy One.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">16:11 </span><span class="ft">Greek version reads </span><span class="it">You have shown me the way of life, / and you will fill me with the joy of your presence.</span><span class="ft"> Compare Acts 2:28.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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