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Key Terms

Holy 4 Seek Safety 3 Mighty (Majestic) 3 Lot (Object) 3 Bless (Approval) 3 Loyal Person 3 Drink-Offering 2 Seek Refugue Be Holy Holy (Pure) Holy Thing Most Holy Place Holiness Holy (Devout) Hallow Sanctuary Offering Burnt Offering Gift (Tribute) Sin Offering Peace Offering Offering Made by Fire Offering (Contribution) Guilt-Offering Sacrifice (Offering) Wave-Offering Voluntary Offering Gift (Offering) Dedication (Ceremony) Offer Sacrifice Sacrifice (Act) Sacrifice (Ritual) Whole Burnt Offering Offering (Special) Offering (Voluntary) Sin Offering (Guilt Removal) Possession To Cause to Possess Possession Blessing (Act) Bless (Favor) Blessing (Content) Blessed Bless (Request Favor) Safety Safety (State) Safety (Trust) Safe Safety (Security) Safety (Confidence)

Themes

Psalms of Suffering

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The Presence of the LORD

(Acts 2:14–36)

A Miktam of David.

ⓘ In this psalm of confidence, the poet moves...

In this psalm of confidence, the poet moves quickly from a short petition (16:1), to expressions of passionate commitment to God and his people (16:2–6), to a conclusion of confident praise (16:7–11).
1Preserve me, O God,for in You I take refuge.
2I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord;apart from You I have no good thing.”3As for the saints in the land,they are the excellencein whom all my delight resides.4Sorrows will multiplyto those who chase other gods.I will not pour out their libations of blood,or speak their names with my lips.
5The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup;You have made my lot secure.6The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places;surely my inheritance is delightful.
ⓘ God’s instruction brings life (16:11; see 5:8; 23:1–3;...
7I will bless the LORD who counsels me;even at night my conscience instructs me.†
8I have set† the LORD always before me.Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
ⓘ Knowing that not even death can separate him...

Knowing that not even death can separate him from the Lord strengthens the psalmist’s confidence. He fears a separation (see 13:3–4), but he remains confident of seeing the Lord (see 11:7).
9Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;my body also will dwell securely.†10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol,nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.†11You have made known to me the path of life;You will fill me with joy in Your presence,†with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.