Psalm 16

New King James Version

The Hope of the Faithful, and the Messiah’s Victory

A ^(A)Michtam of David.

16 Preserve^[a] me, O God, for in You I put my trust.

²O my soul, you have said to the Lord,
“You are my Lord,
^(B)My goodness is nothing apart from You.”
³As for the saints who are on the earth,
“They are the excellent ones, in ^(C)whom is all my delight.”

⁴Their sorrows shall be multiplied who hasten after another god;
Their drink offerings of ^(D)blood I will not offer,
^(E)Nor take up their names on my lips.

⁵O Lord, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup;
You ^[b]maintain my lot.
⁶The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;
Yes, I have a good inheritance.

⁷I will bless the Lord who has given me counsel;
My ^[c]heart also instructs me in the night seasons.
⁸^(F)I have set the Lord always before me;
Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.

⁹Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices;
My flesh also will ^[d]rest in hope.
¹⁰^(G)For You will not leave my soul in ^[e]Sheol,
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to ^[f]see corruption.
¹¹You will show me the ^(H)path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Footnotes

Psalm 16:1 Watch over
Psalm 16:5 Lit. uphold
Psalm 16:7 Mind, lit. kidneys
Psalm 16:9 Or dwell securely
Psalm 16:10 The abode of the dead
Psalm 16:10 undergo

Song of Solomon 5:9-6:3

New King James Version

The Daughters of Jerusalem

⁹What is your beloved
More than another beloved,
^(A)O fairest among women?
What is your beloved
More than another beloved,
That you so ^[a]charge us?

The Shulamite

¹⁰My beloved is white and ruddy,
^[b]Chief among ten thousand.
¹¹His head is like the finest gold;
His locks are wavy,
And black as a raven.
¹²^(B)His eyes are like doves
By the rivers of waters,
Washed with milk,
And ^[c]fitly set.
¹³His cheeks are like a bed of spices,
Banks of scented herbs.
His lips are lilies,
Dripping liquid myrrh.

¹⁴His hands are rods of gold
Set with beryl.
His body is carved ivory
Inlaid with sapphires.
¹⁵His legs are pillars of marble
Set on bases of fine gold.
His countenance is like Lebanon,
Excellent as the cedars.
¹⁶His mouth is most sweet,
Yes, he is altogether lovely.
This is my beloved,
And this is my friend,
O daughters of Jerusalem!

I Am My Beloved’s

The Daughters of Jerusalem

6 Where has your beloved gone,
^(C)O fairest among women?
Where has your beloved turned aside,
That we may seek him with you?

The Shulamite

²My beloved has gone to his ^(D)garden,
To the beds of spices,
To feed his flock in the gardens,
And to gather lilies.
³^(E)I am my beloved’s,
And my beloved is mine.
He feeds his flock among the lilies.

Footnotes

Song of Solomon 5:9 adjure
Song of Solomon 5:10 Distinguished
Song of Solomon 5:12 sitting in a setting

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

New King James Version

The Risen Christ, Faith’s Reality^(A)

15 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel ^(B)which I preached to you, which also you received and ^(C)in which you stand, ²^(D)by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless ^(E)you believed in vain.

³For ^(F)I delivered to you first of all that ^(G)which I also received: that Christ died for our sins ^(H)according to the Scriptures, ⁴and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day ^(I)according to the Scriptures, ⁵^(J)and that He was seen by ^[a]Cephas, then ^(K)by the twelve. ⁶After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have ^[b]fallen asleep. ⁷After that He was seen by James, then ^(L)by all the apostles. ⁸^(M)Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.

⁹For I am ^(N)the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because ^(O)I persecuted the church of God. ¹⁰But ^(P)by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, ^(Q)yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. ¹¹Therefore, whether it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.