1A Miktam of David. Keep me, O God, for I have sought refuge in you.2I said to the LORD, "You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good."3As for the holy ones who are in the land, they are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.4Their sorrows shall multiply; they hasten after another. I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood, nor will I take up their names on my lips.5The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot.6The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a delightful inheritance.7I will bless the LORD who has counseled me; even at night my kidneys instruct me.8I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.9Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure.10For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see the pit.11You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.