1 K eep and protect me, O God, for in You I have found refuge, and in You do I put my trust and hide myself.

¶ Preserve me, O God: for in thee I have put my trust.

2 I say to the Lord, You are my Lord; I have no good beside or beyond You.

I said unto the LORD, Thou art my goodness: I have no goodness apart from thee;

3 A s for the godly (the saints) who are in the land, they are the excellent, the noble, and the glorious, in whom is all my delight.

to the saints that are in the earth and to the excellent: all my delight is towards them.

4 T heir sorrows shall be multiplied who choose another god; their drink offerings of blood will I not offer or take their names upon my lips.

The sorrows of those that hasten after another god shall be multiplied; their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.

5 T he Lord is my chosen and assigned portion, my cup; You hold and maintain my lot.

The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup; thou dost maintain my lot.

6 T he lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; yes, I have a good heritage.

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a beautiful inheritance.

7 I will bless the Lord, Who has given me counsel; yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.

I will bless the LORD, who gives me counsel: my kidneys also instruct me in the night seasons.

8 I have set the Lord continually before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

¶ I have set the LORD always before me: because when he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

9 T herefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices; my body too shall rest and confidently dwell in safety,

Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices: my flesh also shall rest secure.

10 F or You will not abandon me to Sheol (the place of the dead), neither will You suffer Your holy one to see corruption.

For thou wilt not leave my soul in Sheol; neither wilt thou suffer thy Merciful One to see corruption.

11 Y ou will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy, at Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.

Thou wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; in thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.