Psalms 16
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1 Preserve me, Elohim, for in you do I take refuge.
2 My soul, you have said to Yehowah, �You are my Master.
Apart from you I have no good thing.�
3 As for the saints who are in the earth,
they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.
4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied who give gifts to another god.
Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer,
nor take their names on my lips.
5 Yehowah assigned my portion and my cup.
You made my lot secure.
6 The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places.
Yes, I have a good inheritance.
7 I will bless Yehowah, who has given me counsel.
Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.
8 I have set Yehowah always before me.
Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices.
My body shall also dwell in safety.
10 For you will not leave my soul in Sheol,*Sheol is the place of the dead.
neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
11 You will show me the path of life.
In your presence is fullness of joy.
In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.
*16:10: Sheol is the place of the dead.