You Will Not Abandon My Soul

A hMiktam1 of David.

¹Preserve me, O God, for in you I itake refuge.

²I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;

jI have no good apart from you.”

³As for kthe saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,

in whom is all my delight.2

⁴The sorrows of those who run after3 another god shall multiply;

their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out

or ltake their names on my lips.

⁵The Lord is mmy chosen portion and my ncup;

you hold my olot.

⁶pThe lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;

indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

⁷I bless the Lord who qgives me counsel;

in rthe night also my sheart instructs me.4

⁸tI have uset the Lord always before me;

because he is at my vright hand, I shall not be wshaken.

⁹Therefore my heart is glad, and my xwhole being5 rejoices;

my flesh also dwells secure.

¹⁰For you will not abandon my soul to ySheol,

zor let your aholy one see bcorruption.6

¹¹You make known to me cthe path of life;

in your presence there is dfullness of joy;

at your right hand are epleasures forevermore.