Keep Me Safe
A golden psalm of David.
David has nothing good apart from his Father and refuses to pour out other gods' offerings. He calls his boundary lines pleasant and his inheritance beautiful, and trusts he will not be abandoned to the grave. The path of life ends in lasting joy.
16 1Keep me safe, my Father, for in you I take refuge.
2I say to my Father: You are my Sovereign Father; apart from you, I have nothing good. 3As for the holy ones in the land, they are the noble ones in whom I find all my delight. 4The sorrows of those who run after another god will multiply; I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood, nor let their names pass my lips.
5My Father is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot secure. 6The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a beautiful inheritance.
7I will bless my Father, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. 8I keep my Father always before me; because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
9Therefore my heart is glad and my whole being rejoices; my body also will rest secure. 10For you will not abandon my soul to the grave, nor will you let your holy one see decay. a a v10 Peter at Pentecost (Acts 2:25-28) and Paul (Acts 13:35) applied these words to Jesus — David's confidence in our Father became the Son's rising from death, his body never seeing decay. 11You show me the path of life; in your presence is fullness of joy, at your right hand are pleasures forever.
