Psalm 16:1-2
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Song of Trust and Security in God
A Miktam of David.
16 Preserve me, O God, for in thee I take refuge.
2 I say to the Lord, “Thou art my Lord;
I have no good apart from thee.”[a]
Footnotes
- Psalm 16:2 Jerome Tg: The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
Psalm 16:4
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
4 Those who choose another god multiply their sorrows;[a]
their libations of blood I will not pour out
or take their names upon my lips.
Footnotes
- Psalm 16:4 Cn: The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
Psalm 16:5
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
5 The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;
thou holdest my lot.
Psalm 16:8
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
8 I keep the Lord always before me;
because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Psalm 16:11
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
11 Thou dost show me the path of life;
in thy presence there is fulness of joy,
in thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.
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