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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">Christian Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/csb/esv/psalms/16.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><section epub:type="chapter" id="csb-Psalms.16" /><h4 class="psalm">Psalm 16</h4><h3 class="head1">Confidence in the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span></h3><h3 class="head2">A <span class="italic">Miktam</span> of David.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.16.title"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a></h3><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.16.1" /><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/16-1.htm"><b></b></a></span>Protect me, God, for I take refuge in you.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.16.1.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.16.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/16-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.16.2.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> said to the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, “You are my Lord;</p><p class="poem">I have nothing good besides you.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.16.2.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.16.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.16.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/16-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>As for the holy people who are in the land,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.16.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">they are the noble ones.</p><p class="poem">All my delight is in them.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.16.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/16-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The sorrows of those who take another god</p><p class="poem">for themselves will multiply;</p><p class="poem">I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood,</p><p class="poem">and I will not speak their names with my lips.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.16.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.16.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/16-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, you are my portion<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.16.5.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">and my cup of blessing;</p><p class="poem">you hold my future.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.16.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.16.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/16-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The boundary lines have fallen for me</p><p class="poem">in pleasant places;</p><p class="poem">indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.16.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.16.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/16-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I will bless the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> who counsels me<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.16.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> —</p><p class="poem">even at night when my thoughts trouble me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.16.7.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.16.7.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.16.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/16-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I always let the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> guide me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.16.8.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">Because he is at my right hand,</p><p class="poem">I will not be shaken.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.16.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.16.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/16-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Therefore my heart is glad</p><p class="poem">and my whole being rejoices;</p><p class="poem">my body also rests securely.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.16.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.16.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/16-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For you will not abandon me to Sheol;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.16.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">you will not allow your faithful one to see decay.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.16.10.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.16.11" /> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/16-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>You reveal the path of life to me;</p><p class="poem">in your presence is abundant joy;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.16.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">at your right hand are eternal pleasures.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.16.11.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Psalms.16" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Psalms.16.2.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.16.2">16:2</a></span> Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Jer; other Hb mss read <span class="italic">You</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.16.2.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.16.2">16:2</a></span> Or <span class="italic">“Lord, my good; there is none besides you.”</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.16.5.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.16.5">16:5</a></span> Or<span class="italic"> allotted portion</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.16.7.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.16.7">16:7</a></span> Or <span class="italic">at night my heart instructs me</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.16.8.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.16.8">16:8</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">I place the Lord in front of me always </span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Psalms.16" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Psalms.16.title"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#csb-Psalms.16">16:title</a></span> Pss 56–60 titles</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.16.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.16.1">16:1</a></span> Ps 94:22</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.16.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.16.2">16:2</a></span> Ps 73:25</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.16.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.16.3">16:3</a></span> Dt 7:6; 14:2; 26:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.16.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.16.4">16:4</a></span> Ex 23:13; Jos 23:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.16.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.16.5">16:5</a></span> Nm 18:20; Ps 119:57; Lm 3:24</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.16.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.16.6">16:6</a></span> Jr 3:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.16.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.16.7">16:7</a></span> Ps 73:24</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.16.7.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.16.7">16:7</a></span> Ps 77:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.16.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.16.8">16:8</a></span> Ps 15:5; 112:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.16.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.16.9">16:9</a></span> Ps 4:7–8; 13:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.16.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.16.10">16:10</a></span> Ps 49:10; 86:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.16.10.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.16.10">16:10</a></span> Jb 33:18,28; Ps 30:3; 103:4; Ac 13:35</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.16.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.16.11">16:11</a></span> Ps 21:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.16.11.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.16.8">16:8-11</a></span> Ac 2:25–28</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Psalms.16" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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