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1 God, keep me safe. I go to you for safety.
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1 Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge.
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2 I said to the Lord, "You are my Lord. Without you, I don't have anything that is good."
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2 I said to the LORD, "You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing."
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3 God's people who live in our land are glorious. I take great delight in them.
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3 As for the saints who are in the land, they are the glorious ones in whom is all my delight.
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4 Those who run after other gods will have nothing but trouble. I will not pour out offerings of blood to those gods. My lips will not speak their names.
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4 The sorrows of those will increase who run after other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood or take up their names on my lips.
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5 Lord, everything you have given me is good. You have made my life secure.
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5 LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure.
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6 I am very pleased with what you have given me. I am very happy with what I've received from you.
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6 The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.
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7 I will praise the Lord. He gives me good advice. Even at night my heart teaches me.
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7 I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me.
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8 I know that the LORD is always with me. He is at my right hand. I will always be secure.
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8 I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
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9 So my heart is glad. Joy is on my tongue. My body also will be secure.
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9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure,
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10 You will not leave me in the grave. You will not let your faithful one rot away.
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10 because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay.
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11 You always show me the path that leads to life. You will fill me with joy when I am with you. You will give me endless pleasures at your right hand.
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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.
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