Psalms [Praises] 16:2-10

²My soul, you have said to Adonai , “You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing.”

³As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.

⁴Their sorrows shall be multiplied who give gifts to another deity. Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, nor take their names on my lips.

⁵Adonai assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.

⁶The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, I have a good inheritance.

⁷I will bless Adonai , who has given me counsel. Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.

⁸I always set Adonai before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

⁹Therefore my heart is glad, and my kavod ·weighty glory· rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.

¹⁰For you will not leave my soul in Sheol ·Place of the dead·, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.