The Presence of the LORD

A Miktam of David.

¹ Preserve me, O God,

for in You I take refuge.

² I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord;

apart from You I have no good thing.”

³ As for the saints^* in the land,

they are the excellence^*

in whom all my delight resides.

⁴ Sorrows will multiply

to those who chase^* other gods.

I will not pour out their libations^* of blood,

or speak^* their names with my lips.

⁵ The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup;

You have made my lot secure.

⁶ The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places;^*

surely my inheritance^* is delightful.

⁷ I will bless the LORD who counsels me;

even at night my conscience instructs me.

⁸ I have set the LORD always before me.^*

Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

⁹ Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue^* rejoices;

my body also will dwell securely.

¹⁰ For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol,^*

nor will You let Your Holy One^* see decay.^*

¹¹ You have made known to me the path of life;

You will fill me with joy in Your presence,

with eternal pleasures^* at Your right hand.