A miktam of David.
[1]
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. [2]
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, [3]
nor will you let your Holy One [4] see decay.
11 You have made [5] known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
Footnotes
- Title: Probably a literary or musical term
- 16:3 Or As for the pagan priests who are in the land / and the nobles in whom all delight, I said:
- 16:10 Hebrew Sheol
- 16:10 Or your faithful one
- 16:11 Or You will make
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