You Will Not Abandon My Soul

Psalm 16

¹ Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
² I say to the Lord, "You are my Lord;
I have no good apart from you." ₁

³ As for the holy ones in the land, they are the noble,
in whom is all my delight.

⁴ Those who choose another god multiply their sorrows; ₂
their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or take their names upon my lips.

⁵ The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;
you hold my lot.
⁶ The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
I have a goodly heritage.

⁷ I bless the Lord who gives me counsel;
in the night also my heart instructs me.
⁸ I keep the Lord always before me;
because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

⁹ Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices;
my body also rests secure.
¹⁰ For you do not give me up to Sheol,
or let your faithful one see the Pit.

¹¹ You show me the path of life.
In your presence there is fullness of joy;
in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.