Psalms 16:1-8

¹Michtam of Dauid. Preserue mee, O God: for in thee doe I trust.

²O my soule, thou hast sayd vnto the Lord, Thou art my Lord: my weldoing extendeth not to thee,

³But to the Saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent: all my delite is in them.

⁴The sorowes of them, that offer to an other god, shall be multiplied: their offerings of blood will I not offer, neither make mention of their names with my lips.

⁵The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou shalt mainteine my lot.

⁶The lines are fallen vnto me in pleasant places: yea, I haue a faire heritage.

⁷I wil prayse the Lord, who hath giuen me counsell: my reines also teach me in the nightes.

⁸I haue set the Lord alwayes before me: for hee is at my right hand: therefore I shall not slide.