1A Miktama of David.
Preserve me, O God,
for in You I take refuge.
1A Miktam of David. Preserve me, O God, for I take refuge in You.
2I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord;
apart from You I have no good thing.”
2I said to YHWH, “You are my Lord. My goodness is nothing apart from You.”
3As for the saints in the land,
they are the excellence
in whom all my delight resides.
3As for the holy ones who are in the land, they and the excellent ones, all my delight is in them.
4Sorrows will multiply
to those who chase other gods.
I will not pour out their libations of blood,
or speak their names with my lips.
4May their sorrows be multiplied, those who hurry after another! I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood, and I will not lift up their names upon my lips.
5The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup;
You have made my lot secure.
5YHWH, is the portion of my share, and my cup; You are the One upholding my lot.
6The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places;
surely my inheritance is delightful.
6The lines have fallen to me in the pleasant places; indeed, a pleasing inheritance is unto me.
7I will bless the LORD who counsels me;
even at night my conscience instructs me.a
7I will bless YHWH, who counsels me; even in the nights, my kidneys instruct me.
8I have seta the LORD always before me.
Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
8I have set YHWH before me continually; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
9Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body also will dwell securely.a
9Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices; my flesh also will dwell securely.
10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol,
nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.a
10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, and You will not give Your Holy one to see corruption.
11You have made known to me the path of life;
You will fill me with joy in Your presence,a
with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
11You make known to me the path of life; fullness of joys is with Your face, pleasant things are at Your right hand forever.