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Emotional Meditation—By Micah Siemens

“Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge.”

Psalm 16 opens like a whispered prayer from someone who knows danger is real—but also knows where to run. Not to power, not to alliances, not even to self-defense, but straight into God’s shelter.

David goes on: “I say to the Lord, ‘You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.’”

There it is. A confession not of poverty, but of perspective. Strip life down, take away the accolades, the possessions, even the victories—and what’s left? If God remains, you still have everything. Without Him, the richest feast is famine.

Then comes a picture of belonging: “As for the saints who are in the land, they are the glorious ones in whom is all my delight.” David doesn’t walk this faith alone. He finds joy in the community of the faithful. That’s striking—because so often we think holiness is a lonely path, when really it’s a shared pilgrimage.

But Psalm 16 sharpens the line. David contrasts this joy with the sorrow of idolatry: “Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more.” He refuses to even name their idols, let alone pour offerings to them. His devotion is single-minded.

And then—he sums it all up with imagery as tender as it is profound: “Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure.”

The language here is inheritance language. Portion. Cup. Lot. As though David is sitting at a family table, seeing what everyone has been handed—and saying, “My inheritance is not land or wealth. It’s the Lord Himself.”

It’s not just poetry. It’s possession. To claim God as your portion is to say: “I may lose everything, but I can’t lose Him. He is mine, and I am His.” That’s security beyond what money, fame, or kingdoms can offer.

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