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World English Bible

Psalm 16 (WEBP)

[1] Preserve me, God, for I take refuge in you.
[2] My soul, you have said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing.”
[3] As for the saints who are on the earth, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.
[4] Their sorrows shall be multiplied who give gifts to another god. Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, nor take their names on my lips.
[5] Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.
[6] The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, I have a good inheritance.
[7] I will bless Yahweh, who has given me counsel. Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.
[8] I have set Yahweh always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
[9] Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.
[10] For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
[11] You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.

Psalm 16:10 Sheol is the place of the dead.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 16 (KJVS)

[1] 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.

Psalm 16:4 Or, give gifts to another
Psalm 16:5 Heb. of my part
Psalm 16:9 Heb. dwell confidently

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 16 (BYZ)

[1] Στηλογραφία τῷ () Δαυιδ. () Φύλαξόν () με, () κύριε, () ὅτι () ἐπὶ () σοὶ () ἤλπισα. ()
[2] Εἶπα τῷ () κυρίῳ () Κύριός () μου () εἶ () σύ, () ὅτι () τῶν () ἀγαθῶν () μου () οὐ () χρείαν () ἔχεις. ()
[3] Τοῖς () ἁγίοις () τοῖς () ἐν () τῇ () γῇ () αὐτοῦ () ἐθαυμάστωσεν πάντα () τὰ () θελήματα () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () αὐτοῖς. ()
[4] Ἐπληθύνθησαν () αἱ () ἀσθένειαι () αὐτῶν, () μετὰ () ταῦτα () ἐτάχυναν· οὐ () μὴ () συναγάγω () τὰς () συναγωγὰς () αὐτῶν () ἐξ () αἱμάτων () οὐδὲ () μὴ () μνησθῶ () τῶν () ὀνομάτων () αὐτῶν () διὰ () χειλέων () μου. ()
[5] Κύριος () ἡ () μερὶς () τῆς () κληρονομίας () μου () καὶ () τοῦ () ποτηρίου () μου· () σὺ () εἶ () ὁ () ἀποκαθιστῶν () τὴν () κληρονομίαν () μου () ἐμοί. ()
[6] Σχοινία () ἐπέπεσάν () μοι () ἐν () τοῖς () κρατίστοις· () καὶ () γὰρ () ἡ () κληρονομία () μου () κρατίστη () μοί () ἐστιν. ()
[7] Εὐλογήσω () τὸν () κύριον () τὸν () συνετίσαντά με· () ἔτι () δὲ () καὶ () ἕως () νυκτὸς () ἐπαίδευσάν () με () οἱ () νεφροί () μου. ()
[8] Προωρώμην () τὸν () κύριον () ἐνώπιόν μου () διὰ () παντός, () ὅτι () ἐκ () δεξιῶν () μού () ἐστιν, () ἵνα () μὴ () σαλευθῶ. ()
[9] Διὰ () τοῦτο () ηὐφράνθη () ἡ () καρδία () μου, () καὶ () ἠγαλλιάσατο () ἡ () γλῶσσά () μου, () ἔτι () δὲ () καὶ () ἡ () σάρξ () μου () κατασκηνώσει () ἐπ’ () ἐλπίδι, ()
[10] ὅτι () οὐκ () ἐγκαταλείψεις () τὴν () ψυχήν () μου () εἰς () ᾅδην () οὐδὲ () δώσεις () τὸν () ὅσιόν () σου () ἰδεῖν () διαφθοράν. ()
[11] Ἐγνώρισάς () μοι () ὁδοὺς () ζωῆς· () πληρώσεις () με () εὐφροσύνης () μετὰ () τοῦ () προσώπου () σου, () τερπνότητες ἐν () τῇ () δεξιᾷ () σου () εἰς () τέλος. ()

Psalm 16:1 Originally verse 15:1.
Psalm 16:2 Originally verse 15:2.
Psalm 16:3 Originally verse 15:3.
Psalm 16:4 Originally verse 15:4.
Psalm 16:5 Originally verse 15:5.
Psalm 16:6 Originally verse 15:6.
Psalm 16:7 Originally verse 15:7.
Psalm 16:8 Originally verse 15:8.
Psalm 16:9 Originally verse 15:9.
Psalm 16:10 Originally verse 15:10.
Psalm 16:11 Originally verse 15:11.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.