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The Book of Psalms

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- Chapter 16 -

The presence of God

(Acts 2:14-36)
1
God, protect me because I go to you to keep me safe!
2
I said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord; all the good things that I have come from you.”
3
People who try to be holy who live in this land are wonderful; I delight to be with them.
4
Those who choose to worship other gods will have many things that cause them to be sad. I will not join them when they make sacrifices to their gods; I will not even join them in speaking the names of their gods.
5
Yahweh, you are the one whom I have chosen, and you give me great blessings. You protect me and control what happens to me.
6
Yahweh has given me a wonderful place in which to live; I am delighted with all the things that he has given me.
7
I will praise Yahweh, the one who teaches me; even at night he tells my heart what is right for me to do.
8
I know that Yahweh is always with me. Nothing will take me from his side.
9
Therefore I am glad; I am honored to praise him, and I can rest securely
10
because you, Yahweh, will not allow me to remain in the place where the dead people are, and you will not allow me, someone who has been faithful to the covenant, to stay there.
11
You will show me the road that leads to where I receive eternal life, and you will make me joyful when I am with you. I will have pleasure forever when I am at your right hand.

The presence of God

(Acts 2:14-36)
1
Preserve me, God, for I take refuge in you.
2
My soul, you have 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 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
The LORD 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 the LORD, who has given me counsel. Yes, my heart instructs 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 tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.
10
For you will not leave my soul in Sheol,(a) 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.

Footnotes

(a)16:10 Sheol is the place of the dead.