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The Hope of the Faithful, and the Messiah’s Victory
A ⚓Michtam of David.
2O my soul, you have said to the Lord,
“You are my Lord,
⚓My goodness is nothing apart from You.”
3As for the saints who are on the earth,
“They are the excellent ones, in ⚓whom is all my delight.”
4Their sorrows shall be multiplied who hasten after another god;
Their drink offerings of ⚓blood I will not offer,
⚓Nor take up their names on my lips.
5O Lord, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup;
You maintain my lot.
6The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;
Yes, I have a good inheritance.
7I will bless the Lord who has given me counsel;
My heart also instructs me in the night seasons.
8⚓I have set the Lord always before me;
Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.
9Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices;
My flesh also will rest in hope.
10⚓For You will not leave my soul in Sheol,
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.
11You will show me the ⚓path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
1Keep me safe, my God,
for in you I take refuge.
2I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
apart from you I have no good thing.”
3I say of the holy people who are in the land,
“They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.”
4Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more.
I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods
or take up their names on my lips.
5Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup;
you make my lot secure.
6The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely I have a delightful inheritance.
7I will praise the Lord, who counsels me;
even at night my heart instructs me.
8I keep my eyes always on the Lord.
With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
9Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body also will rest secure,
10because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
nor will you let your faithful⚓ one see decay.
11You make known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand.