Bible Text: Psalm 16 | Preacher: Pastor Ben Cumerford | Psalm 16 (CSB)

CONFIDENCE IN THE LORD

A Miktam of David.

1 Protect me, God, for I take refuge in you.
2 I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord;
I have nothing good besides you.”
3 As for the holy people who are in the land,
they are the noble ones.
All my delight is in them.
4 The sorrows of those who take another god
for themselves will multiply;
I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood,
and I will not speak their names with my lips.

5 LORD, you are my portion
and my cup of blessing;
you hold my future.
6 The boundary lines have fallen for me
in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

7 I will bless the LORD who counsels me—
even at night when my thoughts trouble me.
8 I always let the LORD guide me.
Because he is at my right hand,
I will not be shaken.

9 Therefore my heart is glad
and my whole being rejoices;
my body also rests securely.
10 For you will not abandon me to Sheol;
you will not allow your faithful one to see decay.
11 You reveal the path of life to me;
in your presence is abundant joy;
at your right hand are eternal pleasures.

Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2017), Ps 16.