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New Testament
Psalm 16
Psalm 16
You Will Not Abandon Me to the Grave
You are my Lord
1Guard me, O God, for I take refuge in you.
2I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord.
3The holy ones who are in the land are glorious.
All my delight is in them.
4Those who chase after another god will increase their sorrows.
I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood.
I will not take up their names on my lips.
You Will Not Abandon Me to the Grave
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Lord, you are the cup that has been given to me.
You have secured an allotment for me.
6The property lines chosen for me fall in pleasant places.
Yes, a delightful inheritance is mine.
7I will bless the Lord, who guides me.
8I have set the Lord always before me.
Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
9Therefore my heart is glad,
Even my flesh will dwell securely
10because you will not abandon my life to the grave.
11You have made known to me the path of life,
fullness of joy in your presence,
pleasures at your right hand forever.
Footnotes
- 16:0 The meaning of miktam is uncertain. It may mean a golden psalm or a choice piece or a psalm inscribed on a tablet.
- 16:2 The Hebrew of verses 2-4 is difficult and may be understood in more than one way.
- 16:7 Literally kidneys. In Hebrew the word kidneys has some of the same connotations that heart does in English.
- 16:9 Literally my glory. A few manuscripts read liver, which in Hebrew idiom parallels heart as a center of emotion.
- 16:10 The Hebrew word hasid refers to a person who receives favor or distributes mercy. Here it refers to Christ, but it is not capitalized because it does not become one of his messianic titles.