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The Hope of the Faithful, and the Messiah’s Victory

A ⚓Michtam of David.
  1Preserve me, O God, for in You I put my trust.
   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.

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大衛的金詩。

為信心穩固而祈禱

  1上帝啊，求你保佑我，
   因為我投靠你。
   2我⚓曾對耶和華說：「你是我的主，
   我的福氣惟獨從你而來。」

   3論到世上的聖民，他們是尊貴的人，
   是我最喜悅的。
   4追逐⚓別神的，
   他們的愁苦必增加；
   他們所澆奠的血我不獻上，
   我嘴唇也不提別神的名號。

   5耶和華是我的產業，是我杯中的福分；
   我所得的，你為我持守。
   6用繩量給我的地界，坐落在佳美之處；
   我的產業實在美好。
   7我要稱頌那指引我的耶和華，
   在夜間我的心腸也指教我。
   8我讓耶和華常在我面前，
   因他在我右邊，我就不致動搖。

   9因此，我的心歡喜，我的靈⚓快樂；
   我的肉身也要安然居住。
   10因為你必不將我的靈魂⚓撇在陰間，
   也不讓你的聖者見地府⚓。

   11你必將生命的道路指示我。
  在你面前有滿足的喜樂，
   在你右手中有永遠的福樂。