#  Psalm 16: Delighting in God

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#  Scripture

Psalm 16

English Standard Version

### You Will Not Abandon My Soul

#### A Miktam\[[a](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2016&version=ESV#fen-ESV-14094a "See footnote a")\] of David.

16 Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
 I have no good apart from you.”

3 As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
 in whom is all my delight.\[[b](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2016&version=ESV#fen-ESV-14096b "See footnote b")\]

4 The sorrows of those who run after\[[c](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2016&version=ESV#fen-ESV-14097c "See footnote c")\] another god shall multiply;

 their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
 or take their names on my lips.

5 The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;
 you hold my lot.
6 The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
 indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

7 I bless the Lord who gives me counsel;
 in the night also my heart instructs me.\[[d](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2016&version=ESV#fen-ESV-14100d "See footnote d")\]

8 I have set the Lord always before me;
 because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being\[[e](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2016&version=ESV#fen-ESV-14102e "See footnote e")\] rejoices;

 my flesh also dwells secure.
10 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,
 or let your holy one see corruption.\[[f](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2016&version=ESV#fen-ESV-14103f "See footnote f")\]

11 You make known to me the path of life;
 in your presence there is fullness of joy;
 at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.