Psalms

¹ A of David. Protect me, God, for I take refuge in you.

² I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; I have nothing good besides you.”

³ As for the holy people who are in the land, they are the noble ones. All my delight is in them.

⁴ The sorrows of those who take another god for themselves will multiply; I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood, and I will not speak their names with my lips.

⁵ LORD, you are my portion and my cup of blessing; you hold my future.

⁶ The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

⁷ I will bless the LORD who counsels me  — even at night when my thoughts trouble me.

⁸ I always let the LORD guide me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

⁹ Therefore my heart is glad and my whole being rejoices; my body also rests securely.

¹⁰ For you will not abandon me to Sheol; you will not allow your faithful one to see decay.

¹¹ You reveal the path of life to me; in your presence is abundant joy; at your right hand are eternal pleasures.