Psalm 15-16
English Standard Version
Who Shall Dwell on Your Holy Hill?
A Psalm of David.
2 He who (D)walks blamelessly and (E)does what is right
and (F)speaks truth in his heart;
3 who (G)does not slander with his tongue
and does no evil to his neighbor,
nor (H)takes up a reproach against his friend;
4 (I)in whose eyes a vile person is despised,
but who honors those who fear the Lord;
who (J)swears to his own hurt and does not change;
5 who (K)does not put out his money at interest
and (L)does not take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things shall never be (M)moved.
You Will Not Abandon My Soul
A (N)Miktam[a] of David.
16 Preserve me, O God, for in you I (O)take refuge.
2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
(P)I have no good apart from you.”
4 The sorrows of those who run after[c] another god shall multiply;
their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or (R)take their names on my lips.
5 The Lord is (S)my chosen portion and my (T)cup;
you hold my (U)lot.
6 (V)The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
7 I bless the Lord who (W)gives me counsel;
in (X)the night also my (Y)heart instructs me.[d]
8 (Z)I have (AA)set the Lord always before me;
because he is at my (AB)right hand, I shall not be (AC)shaken.
9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my (AD)whole being[e] rejoices;
my flesh also dwells secure.
10 For you will not abandon my soul to (AE)Sheol,
(AF)or let your (AG)holy one see (AH)corruption.[f]
11 You make known to me (AI)the path of life;
in your presence there is (AJ)fullness of joy;
at your right hand are (AK)pleasures forevermore.
Footnotes
- Psalm 16:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
- Psalm 16:3 Or To the saints in the land, the excellent in whom is all my delight, I say:
- Psalm 16:4 Or who acquire
- Psalm 16:7 Hebrew my kidneys instruct me
- Psalm 16:9 Hebrew my glory
- Psalm 16:10 Or see the pit
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