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<p class="indent2"> apart from You I have no good thing.” <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/16-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>As for the saints in the land, <p class="indent2"> they are the excellence <p class="indent2"> in whom all my delight resides. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/16-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Sorrows will multiply <p class="indent2"> to those who chase other gods. <p class="indent1"> I will not pour out their libations of blood, <p class="indent2"> or speak their names with my lips. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/16-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; <p class="indent2"> You have made my lot secure. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/16-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; <p class="indent2"> surely my inheritance is delightful. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/16-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I will bless the LORD who counsels me; <p class="indent2"> even at night my conscience instructs me.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/16-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I have set<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> the LORD always before me. <p class="indent2"> Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/16-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; <p class="indent2"> my body also will dwell securely.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/16-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, <p class="indent2"> nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> <A name=""></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/16-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>You have made known to me the path of life; <p class="indent2"> You will fill me with joy in Your presence,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> <p class="indent2"> with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <i>Miktam</i> is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for <a href="../psalms/16.htm">Psalm 16</a> and Psalms 56–60.<br><span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>my heart instructs me</i>; Hebrew <i>my kidneys instruct me</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> LXX <i>I foresaw</i><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> LXX <i>will dwell in hope</i><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> Cited in <a href="../acts/13.htm#35">Acts 13:35</a><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> Cited in <a href="../acts/2.htm#25">Acts 2:25</a>–28<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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