Psalm 16

Psalm 16
You Will Not Abandon My Soul
A Miktam of David.

16:1 Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
I have no good apart from you.”

3 As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
in whom is all my delight.

4 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.

5 The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;
you hold my lot.
6 The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

7 I bless the Lord who gives me counsel;
in the night also my heart instructs me.
8 I have set the Lord always before me;
because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices;
my flesh also dwells secure.
10 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,
or let your holy one see corruption.

11 You make known to me the path of life;
in your presence there is fullness of joy;
at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
[emphasis mine]

I did not get far into the reading of this Psalm this morning before being stopped in my tracks. Verse two says "I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” I wish I believed that all the time. But I often ascribe good things in my life to myself; to my intelligence or my piety or my hard work or something else I have done. Ridiculous! There is nothing in my life that is good that did not come from and is not directly attributable to God. I realize that. But I need to constantly remember that!