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.1 16:3 Or As for the pagan priests who are in the land / and the nobles in whom all delight, I said: |
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,2 16:10 Hebrew Sheol
nor will you let your Holy One3 16:10 Or your faithful one see decay. |
11 You have made4 16:11 Or You will make known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand. |
