## Psalms Chapter 16

###### Psalms 16:1
[Psalms 16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/16:1)

מִכְתָּ֥ם לְדָוִ֑ד שׇֽׁמְרֵ֥נִי אֵ֝֗ל כִּֽי־חָסִ֥יתִי בָֽךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A Mikhtam of David. Preserve me, O God: for in Thee do I put my trust.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A michtam [(a type of melody)] of David. Heed me, O L rd, for I have taken refuge in You.


###### Psalms 16:2
[Psalms 16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/16:2)

אָמַ֣רְתְּ לַֽ֭יהֹוָה אֲדֹנָ֣י אָ֑תָּה ט֝וֹבָתִ֗י בַּל־עָלֶֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I have said to the Lord, Thou art my Lord: I have no good apart from Thee;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You [Israel] should say to the L rd: You are my Master. My good [i.e., the good that You bestow upon me] is not incumbent upon You [to bestow (I am not worthy of it)].


###### Psalms 16:3
[Psalms 16:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/16:3)

לִ֭קְדוֹשִׁים אֲשֶׁר־בָּאָ֣רֶץ הֵ֑מָּה וְ֝אַדִּירֵ֗י כׇּל־חֶפְצִי־בָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and to the saints that are on the earth, They are the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[I receive this good in the merit of] the holy ones who are [buried] in the earth, [who walked before You in truth], the mighty ones, for whose sake all my needs [are satisfied].


###### Psalms 16:4
[Psalms 16:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/16:4)

יִרְבּ֥וּ עַצְּבוֹתָם֮ אַחֵ֢ר מָ֫הָ֥רוּ בַּל־אַסִּ֣יךְ נִסְכֵּיהֶ֣ם מִדָּ֑ם וּֽבַל־אֶשָּׂ֥א אֶת־שְׁ֝מוֹתָ֗ם עַל־שְׂפָתָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names upon my lips.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Increase the sorrow of those who hasten to another god. I will not sprinkle blood to their idols; nor will I summon up their name upon my lips.


###### Psalms 16:5
[Psalms 16:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/16:5)

יְֽהֹוָ֗ה מְנָת־חֶלְקִ֥י וְכוֹסִ֑י אַ֝תָּ֗ה תּוֹמִ֥יךְ גּוֹרָלִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The L rd is my portion and my cup [i.e., all of my good derives from Him]; You place [my hand on] my lot [(a goodly one)].


###### Psalms 16:6
[Psalms 16:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/16:6)

חֲבָלִ֣ים נָֽפְלוּ־לִ֭י בַּנְּעִמִ֑ים אַף־נַ֝חֲלָ֗ת שָֽׁפְרָ֥ה עָלָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The lines are fallen to me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The lots that have fallen to me are the choicest [(they are in Your portion)]. To me, too, is such an inheritance pleasing.


###### Psalms 16:7
[Psalms 16:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/16:7)

אֲבָרֵ֗ךְ אֶת־יְ֭הֹוָה אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְעָצָ֑נִי אַף־לֵ֝יל֗וֹת יִסְּר֥וּנִי כִלְיוֹתָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I bless the Lord, who gives me counsel: my reins also admonish me in the night seasons.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(Following these words of Israel [viz. 2], David says:)] And I [too] shall bless the L rd who counseled me [to choose life and to walk in His ways]. Even in the nighttime my reins instruct me [to fear and love Him].


###### Psalms 16:8
[Psalms 16:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/16:8)

שִׁוִּ֬יתִי יְהֹוָ֣ה לְנֶגְדִּ֣י תָמִ֑יד כִּ֥י מִֽ֝ימִינִ֗י בַּל־אֶמּֽוֹט׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I have set the Lord always before me: surely he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I have set the L rd constantly before me [(i.e., In all of my acts I have placed His fear before my eyes)], for [He is always] at my right hand that I not fall.


###### Psalms 16:9
[Psalms 16:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/16:9)

לָכֵ֤ן**׀** שָׂמַ֣ח לִ֭בִּי וַיָּ֣גֶל כְּבוֹדִ֑י אַף־בְּ֝שָׂרִ֗י יִשְׁכֹּ֥ן לָבֶֽטַח׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices: my flesh also dwells secure.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Therefore, [(because I am confident that You will not forsake me [viz. II Samuel 12:13])] my heart has rejoiced and my soul has reveled. My flesh, too, will dwell secure.


###### Psalms 16:10
[Psalms 16:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/16:10)

כִּ֤י**׀** לֹא־תַעֲזֹ֣ב נַפְשִׁ֣י לִשְׁא֑וֹל לֹֽא־תִתֵּ֥ן חֲ֝סִידְךָ֗ לִרְא֥וֹת שָֽׁחַת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For Thou wilt not abandon my soul to She᾽ol; nor wilt Thou suffer thy holy one to see the pit.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For You will not abandon my soul to the grave; You will not allow Your saint to see the pit.


###### Psalms 16:11
[Psalms 16:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/16:11)

תּֽוֹדִיעֵנִי֮ אֹ֤רַח חַ֫יִּ֥ים שֹׂ֣בַע שְׂ֭מָחוֹת אֶת־פָּנֶ֑יךָ נְעִמ֖וֹת בִּימִינְךָ֣ נֶֽצַח׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou wilt make known to me the path of life: in Thy presence is fulness of joy; at Thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You will instruct me in the path of [eternal] life, to be sated with the joys before You [i.e., the joys of those nearest You]. There is pleasure in Your right hand, eternally.