Psalm 16:3-5

English Standard Version

³As for ^(A)the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
in whom is all my delight.^[a]

⁴The sorrows of those who run after^[b] another god shall multiply;
their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or ^(B)take their names on my lips.

⁵The Lord is ^(C)my chosen portion and my ^(D)cup;
you hold my ^(E)lot.

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Psalm 16:3 Or To the saints in the land, the excellent in whom is all my delight, I say:
Psalm 16:4 Or who acquire

Psalm 16:3-5

New International Version

³I say of the holy people^(A) who are in the land,^(B)
    “They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.”
⁴Those who run after other gods^(C) will suffer^(D) more and more.
    I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods
    or take up their names^(E) on my lips.