The Confidence of a God-Centered Life

<p>Psalm 16</p><p>English Standard Version</p><p><br></p><p>You Will Not Abandon My Soul</p><p>A Miktam of David.</p><p>Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.</p><p>I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;</p><p>    I have no good apart from you.”</p><p>As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,</p><p>    in whom is all my delight.</p><p>The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply;</p><p>    their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out</p><p>    or take their names on my lips.</p><p>The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;</p><p>    you hold my lot.</p><p>The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;</p><p>    indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.</p><p>I bless the Lord who gives me counsel;</p><p>    in the night also my heart instructs me.</p><p>I have set the Lord always before me;</p><p>    because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.</p><p>Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices;</p><p>    my flesh also dwells secure.</p><p>For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,</p><p>    or let your holy one see corruption.</p><p>You make known to me the path of life;</p><p>    in your presence there is fullness of joy;</p><p>    at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.</p>