\p Psalms 16.0: \c 16
\d A Poem by David.
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\p Psalms 16.1: \v 1 Preserve me, God, for I take refuge in you.
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\p Psalms 16.2: \v 2 My soul, you have said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord.
\q2 Apart from you I have no good thing.”
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\p Psalms 16.3: \v 3 As for the saints who are in the earth,
\q2 they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.
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\p Psalms 16.4: \v 4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied who give gifts to another god.
\q2 Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer,
\q2 nor take their names on my lips.
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\p Psalms 16.5: \v 5 Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup.
\q2 You made my lot secure.
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\p Psalms 16.6: \v 6 The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places.
\q2 Yes, I have a good inheritance.
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\p Psalms 16.7: \v 7 I will bless Yahweh, who has given me counsel.
\q2 Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.
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\p Psalms 16.8: \v 8 I have set Yahweh always before me.
\q2 Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
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\p Psalms 16.9: \v 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices.
\q2 My body shall also dwell in safety.
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\p Psalms 16.10: \v 10 For you will not leave my soul in Sheol,\f + \fr 16:10 \ft Sheol is the place of the dead.\f*
\q2 neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
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\p Psalms 16.11: \v 11 You will show me the path of life.
\q2 In your presence is fullness of joy.
\q1 In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.