Concordia Psalter

Reading                                           Psalm 16 

Preserve me, | O God*,

   for in you I take | refuge.

I say to the Lord, “You | are my Lord;*

   I have no good a- | part 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 in- | heritance.

I bless the Lord who gives me | counsel;*

   in the night also my heart in- | structs me.

I have set the Lord always be- | fore me;*

   because he is at my right hand, I shall not be | shaken.

Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being re- | joices;*

   my flesh also | dwells secure.

For you will not abandon my soul | to Sheol,*

   or let your holy one see cor- | ruption.

You make known to me the | path of life;*

   in your presence there is fullness of joy; at

   your right hand are pleasures for- | evermore. 

PRAYER

Thanks be unto You, Lord Jesus, for Your bitter sufferings. Your shameful death, and Your joyous resurrection. Enlighten our eyes to see in You the way unto life. Uphold us by Your truth, so we may not fall into idolatry and false worship and preserve us in the true faith unto eternal life. Amen.