The Word this Week Eastertide (Psalm 16)

Brothers and Sisters in Christ, 

We are learning from the saints of the Old Testament how resurrection shapes and changes our lives. This week we will learn from King David how the resurrection gives us unshakeable joy.  

Psalm 16

A miktam of David.

         1      Keep me safe, O God,

         for in you I take refuge.

         2      I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord;

         apart from you I have no good thing.”

         3      As for the saints who are in the land,

         they are the glorious ones in whom is all my delight.

         4      The sorrows of those will increase

         who run after other gods.

         I will not pour out their libations of blood

         or take up their names on my lips.

         5      LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup;

         you have made my lot secure.

         6      The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;

         surely I have a delightful inheritance.

         7      I will praise the LORD, who counsels me;

         even at night my heart instructs me.

         8      I have set the LORD always before me.

         Because he is at my right hand,

         I will not be shaken.

         9      Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;

         my body also will rest secure,

         10      because you will not abandon me to the grave,

         nor will you let your Holy One see decay.

         11      You 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.