You Will Not Abandon My Soul
A aMiktam of David.
Preserve me, O God, for in you I btake refuge.
2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
aI have no good apart from you.”
3 As for athe saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
in whom is all my delight.
4 The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply;
their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or atake their names on my lips.
5 The Lord is amy chosen portion and my bcup;
you hold my clot.
6 aThe lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
7 I bless the Lord who agives me counsel;
in bthe night also my cheart instructs me.
8 aI have bset the Lord always before me;
because he is at my cright hand, I shall not be dshaken.
9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my awhole being rejoices;
my flesh also dwells secure.
10 For you will not abandon my soul to aSheol,
bor let your choly one see dcorruption.
11 You make known to me athe path of life;
in your presence there is bfullness of joy;
at your right hand are cpleasures forevermore.