Psalm 16

The Presence of the LORD

(Acts 2:14–36)

A Miktam^a of David.

¹ Preserve me, O God,

for in You I take refuge.

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

apart from You I have no good thing.”

³ As for the saints in the land,

they are the excellence

in whom all my delight resides.

⁴ Sorrows will multiply

to those who chase other gods.

I will not pour out their libations of blood,

or speak their names with my lips.

⁵ The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup;

You have made my lot secure.

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

surely my inheritance is delightful.

⁷ I will bless the LORD who counsels me;

even at night my conscience instructs me.^b

⁸ I have set^c the LORD always before me.

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

⁹ Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;

my body also will dwell securely.^d

¹⁰ For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol,

nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.^e

¹¹ You 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.