Psalms 16: The LORD, My Portion and Cup
David finds his goodly heritage and future hope in God alone.
Following the moral portrait of Psalms 15, this chapter has David calling the LORD his portion and cup, rejecting other gods and their drink offerings, and rejoicing that his lines have fallen in pleasant places. His confidence is set always before him.
Preserve me, O GOD, for I have sought refuge in thee.
Thou hast said unto Yahweh, My Lord, art thou! My goodness, mounteth not unto thee.
It belongeth unto the holy ones, whom, in his own land, Yahweh, ennobleth, In whom is all his delight
They multiply their idols—another, have they purchased! I will not pour out their drink-offerings of blood, nor will I take up their names on my lips.
Yahweh, is mine allotted portion and my cup, Thou, art maintaining my lot.
The lines, have fallen unto me, in pleasant places, Verily an inheritance that delighteth me.
I will bless Yahweh, who hath counselled me,—Surely, by night, shall mine impulses admonish me.
I have set Yahweh before me continually, because he is on my right hand, I shall not be shaken!
Therefore, hath my heart rejoiced, and mine honour exulted, Yea, my flesh, shall settle down securely;
For thou wilt not abandon my soul to hades, neither wilt thou suffer thy man of lovingkindness, to see corruption:
Thou wilt cause me to know, the path of life,—Fulness of joys before thee, Pleasures at thy right hand evermore.