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title: Psalm 16
slug: kjv/psalm-16
createdAt: 2024-08-21T01:34:09.943Z
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**1 **\{Michtam of David.} Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.

**2 ***O my soul*, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou *art* my Lord: my goodness *extendeth* not to thee;

**3 ***But* to the saints that *are* in the earth, and *to* the excellent, in whom *is* all my delight.

**4 **Their sorrows shall be multiplied *that* hasten *after* another *god*: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.

**5 **The LORD *is* the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

**6 **The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant *places*; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

**7 **I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.

**8 **I have set the LORD always before me: because *he is* at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

**9 **Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.

**10 **For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

**11 **Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence *is* fulness of joy; at thy right hand *there are* pleasures for evermore.