Created Saturday 29 June 2013
(21) Ps. 16
"n Gedig van Dawid. Bewaar my, o God, want by U skuil ek.
Ek het tot die HERE gesê: U is my Here; vir my is daar geen goed bo U nie.
Maar aangaande die heiliges wat op die aarde is, sê ek: Hulle is die heerlikes in wie al my behae is.
Die smarte van hulle wat 'n ander god met gawes vereer, sal menigvuldig wees; ek sal hulle drankoffers van bloed nie uitgiet en hulle name op my lippe nie neem nie.
Die HERE is die deel van my erfenis en van my beker; U onderhou my lot.
Die meetsnoere het vir my in lieflike plekke geval, ja, my erfenis is vir my mooi.
Ek sal die HERE loof wat my raad gegee het; selfs in die nag vermaan my niere my.
Ek stel die HERE altyddeur voor my; omdat Hy aan my regterhand is, sal ek nie wankel nie.
Daarom is my hart bly en my eer juig; ook sal my vlees in veiligheid woon;
want U sal my siel aan die doderyk nie oorgee nie; U sal nie toelaat dat u gunsgenoot verderwing sien nie.
U sal my die pad van die lewe bekend maak; versadiging van vreugde is voor u aangesig, lieflikhede in u regterhand, vir ewig."
"Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
I have no good apart from you.”
As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
in whom is all my delight.
The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply;
their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or take their names on my lips.
The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;
you hold my lot.
The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
I bless the Lord who gives me counsel;
in the night also my heart instructs me.
I have set the Lord always before me;
because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices;
my flesh also dwells secure.
For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,
or let your holy one see corruption.
You make known to me the path of life;
in your presence there is fullness of joy;
at your right hand are pleasures forevermore."
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