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Psalms 16

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Key Verse

Psalms 16:11 BSB

You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.

Outline

  • Preserve Me O God, For In You I Trust (v1-3)
  • O Lord You Are My Portion And Inheritance (v4-6)
  • I Will Bless The Lord Who Has Given Me Counsel (v7-9)
  • In Your Presence Is Fullness Of Joy (v10-11)

Context

  • Written by David
  • Written in Hebrew
  • Written 1040 B.C. – 970 B.C.
  • Passage type · Poetic
  • 11 verses · 209 words

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The Presence of the LORD

(Acts 2:14–36)

A Miktam of David.

1Preservea me, O God,

for in You I take refuge.

2I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord;

apart from You I have no good thing.”

3As for the saints in the land,

they are the excellence

in whom all my delight resides.

4Sorrows will multiply

to those who chase other gods.

I will not pour out their libations of blood,

or speak their names with my lips.

5The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup;

You have made my lot secure.

6The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places;

surely my inheritance is delightful.

7I will bless the LORD who counsels me;

even at night my conscience instructs me.b

8I have setc the LORD always before me.

Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

9Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;

my body also will dwell securely.d

10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol,

nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.e

11You have made known to me the path of life;

You will fill me with joy in Your presence,f

with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.

  1. a 16:1 Miktam is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalm 16 and Psalms 56–60.
  2. b 16:7 Or my heart instructs me; Hebrew my kidneys instruct me
  3. c 16:8 LXX I foresaw
  4. d 16:9 LXX will dwell in hope
  5. e 16:10 Cited in Acts 13:35
  6. f 16:11 Cited in Acts 2:25–28
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