{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":16,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/15","next":"psalms/17","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.","f":["Miktam is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalm 16 and Psalms 56–60."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 Preserve me, O God,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for in You I take refuge."}],"h":"The Presence of the LORD","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"I said to the LORD,“ You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"I said to the LORD,“ You are my Lord;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"apart from You I have no good thing.”"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":3,"t":"As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"As for the saints in the land,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they are the excellence"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in whom all my delight resides."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Sorrows will multiply"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to those who chase other gods."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I will not pour out their libations of blood,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or speak their names with my lips."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"The LORD [is] my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot {secure}.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"The LORD [is] my chosen portion and my cup;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You have made my lot {secure}."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":6,"t":"The lines of my {boundary} have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The lines of my {boundary} have fallen in pleasant places;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"surely my inheritance is delightful."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.","f":["Or my heart instructs me; Hebrew my kidneys instruct me"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I will bless the LORD who counsels me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"even at night my conscience instructs me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.","f":["LXX I foresaw"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"I have set the LORD always before me."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.","f":["LXX will dwell in hope"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"my body also will dwell securely."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.","f":["Cited in Acts 13:35"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"nor will You let Your Holy One see decay."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.","f":["Cited in Acts 2:25–28"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You have made known to me the path of life;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You will fill me with joy in Your presence,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with eternal pleasures at Your right hand."}],"style":"indent1"}],"superscription":"A Miktam of David."}