Psalm 16

³You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.

⁴Trust in the Lord forever, because God the Lord is the Rock eternal.

²³Love the Lord, all His saints. The Lord preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant.

¹For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.

⁸Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings

¹²For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.

¹A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O Lord my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,

²⁵Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.

¹⁴But I trust in You, O Lord; I say, “You are my God.”

²“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?

³Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?

²⁶He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’

²⁸Thomas replied, “My Lord and my God!”

⁸My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O Lord, I will seek.

²⁰He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.

²⁶A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.

¹⁰For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.

⁴¹Now therefore, arise, O Lord God, and enter Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might. May Your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and may Your godly ones rejoice in goodness.

¹⁷“They will be Mine,” says the Lord of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.

¹³But Ananias answered, “Lord, many people have told me about this man and all the harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.

¹³Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.

⁷So you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or bow down to them.

¹⁰Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the Lord.

⁷All worshipers of images are put to shame—those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods!

⁸Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.

⁶Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Should I relent because of these?

²⁶My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

⁵I cry to You, O Lord: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”

²⁴“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”

⁵⁷The Lord is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.

⁵You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

⁹But the Lord’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.

¹⁹Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.

¹For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O Lord, the king rejoices in Your strength. How greatly he exults in Your salvation!

²You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah

¹⁸I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,

⁵⁵He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

²Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

¹⁷And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.

⁶When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.

⁴The Lord God has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.

³You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.

⁶At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:

²⁴You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.

⁸The Lord decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.

⁶He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.

²⁵David says about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

²⁶Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell in hope,

²³Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.

⁵The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is the shade on your right hand.

²⁶My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

⁵The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.

²⁶Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell in hope,

¹²that my heart may sing Your praises and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks forever.

⁸Awake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.

⁷You have filled my heart with more joy than when grain and new wine abound.

⁸I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.

¹A song. A Psalm of David. My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my being.

²¹At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.

²²All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.”

²⁷because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.

²⁸You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’

³⁵So also, He says in another Psalm: ‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’

³⁶For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.

¹⁵But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah

¹⁸the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.

¹³The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.

⁹Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you—all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.

²⁸You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’

²⁴Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—

⁷How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!

⁸They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.

¹⁵For this reason, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One seated on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.

¹⁶‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’

¹⁹of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

⁴He asked You for life, and You granted it—length of days, forever and ever.

⁵Great is his glory in Your salvation; You bestow on him splendor and majesty.