1 Mikhtam. By David: Protect me, God,
for you are my refuge.
2 I said to ADONAI, "You are my
Lord; I have nothing good outside of you."
3 The holy people in the land are the
ones who are worthy of honor; all my pleasure is in them.
4 Those who run after another god
multiply their sorrows. To such gods I will not offer drink offerings of blood
or take their names on my lips.
5 ADONAI, my assigned portion, my cup:
you safeguard my share.
6 Pleasant places were measured out for
me; I am content with my heritage.
7 I bless ADONAI, my counselor; at
night my inmost being instructs me.
8 I always set ADONAI before me; with
him at my right hand, I can never be moved;
9 so my heart is glad, my glory
rejoices, and my body too rests in safety;
10 for you will not abandon me to Sh'ol,
you will not let your faithful one see the Abyss.
11 You make me know the path of life;
in your presence is unbounded joy, in your right hand eternal delight.
