UST PSA Chapter 16

Psalm

A miktam of David

16 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 live holy lives, they are wonderful;

I greatly delight in 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;

and I will not join them in speaking the names of their gods.

5 Yahweh, you are the one whom I have chosen and who supplies all my needs.

You control my destiny.

You protect me and control what happens to me.

6 Yahweh has greatly blessed me;

I am delighted with all the things that he has given me.

7 I will praise Yahweh, the one who teaches me;

even during the night he puts in my mind the right things for me to do.

8 I have chosen to always think about Yahweh. Because he is the one who strengthens and supports me,

he will save me from anything that might trouble me.

9 Therefore I am very glad,

and I can rest securely,

10 because you, Yahweh, will save me from going to the place where dead people go,

yes, you will save me, a godly person, from dying.

11 You reveal to me how to live in a way that will make me joyful now and will result in receiving eternal life in the future.

You make me joyful when I am with you.

You give pleasures forever.