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- KEEP and protect me, O God, for in You I have found refuge, and in You do I put my trust and hide myself.
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- I say to the Lord, You are my Lord; I have no good beside or beyond You.
- 3
- As for the godly (the saints) who are in the land, they are the excellent, the noble, and the glorious, in whom is all my delight.
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- Their sorrows shall be multiplied who choose another god; their drink offerings of blood will I not offer or take their names upon my lips.
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- The Lord is my chosen and assigned portion, my cup; You hold and maintain my lot.
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- The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; yes, I have a good heritage.
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- I will bless the Lord, Who has given me counsel; yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.
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- I have set the Lord continually before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
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- Therefore my heart is glad and my glory [my inner self] rejoices; my body too shall rest and confidently dwell in safety,
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- For You will not abandon me to Sheol (the place of the dead), neither will You suffer Your holy one [Holy One] to see corruption. [Acts 13:35.]
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- You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy, at Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore. [Acts 2:25-28, 31.]
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