- 1Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge.
- 2My soul, you have said to the Lord, “You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing.”
- 3As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.
- 4Their sorrows shall be multiplied who give gifts to another god. Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, nor take their names on my lips.
- 5The Lord assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.
- 6The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, I have a good inheritance.
- 7I will bless the Lord, who has given me counsel. Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.
- 8I have set the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
- 9Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.
- 10For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
- 11You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.