Psalms 16:1-4 New English Translation (NET)

1. Protect me, O God, for I have taken shelter in you.

2. I say to the Lord, “You are the Lord,my only source of well-being.”

3. As for God’s chosen people who are in the land,and the leading officials I admired so much –

4. their troubles multiply,they desire other gods.I will not pour out drink offerings of blood to their gods,nor will I make vows in the name of their gods.

Psalms 16