Psalm 15-16 (NIV84)

Psalm 15

A psalm of David.

¹ LORD, who may dwell in your sanctuary?
Who may live on your holy hill?

² He whose walk is blameless
and who does what is righteous,
who speaks the truth from his heart

³ and has no slander on his tongue,
who does his neighbor no wrong
and casts no slur on his fellowman,

⁴ who despises a vile man
but honors those who fear the LORD,
who keeps his oath
even when it hurts,

⁵ who lends his money without usury
and does not accept a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things
will never be shaken.

Psalm 16

A miktam of David. ^[a]

¹ Keep me safe, O God,
for in you I take refuge.

² I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord;
apart from you I have no good thing.”

³ As for the saints who are in the land,
they are the glorious ones in whom is all my delight. ^[b]

⁴ The sorrows of those will increase
who run after other gods.
I will not pour out their libations of blood
or take up their names on my lips.

⁵ LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup;
you have made my lot secure.

⁶ The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely I have a delightful inheritance.

⁷ I will praise the LORD, who counsels me;
even at night my heart instructs me.

⁸ I have set the LORD always before me.
Because he is at my right hand,
I will not be shaken.

⁹ Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body also will rest secure,

¹⁰ because you will not abandon me to the grave, ^[c]
nor will you let your Holy One ^[d]see decay.

¹¹ You have made ^[e] known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 16:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
2. Psalm 16:3 Or As for the pagan priests who are in the land / and the nobles in whom all delight, I said:
3. Psalm 16:10 Hebrew Sheol
4. Psalm 16:10 Or your faithful one
5. Psalm 16:11 Or You will make