The Bible in Basic English BBE
Orthodox Jewish Bible OJB
1 <Michtam. Of David.> Keep me safe, O God: for in you I have put my faith.
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6 (A mikhtam Dovid). Be shomer over me, O El: for in Thee do I hide myself.
2 O my soul, you have said to the Lord, You are my Lord: I have no good but you.
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I said unto Hashem, Thou art Adonoi of me; besides Thee I have no good;
3 As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the noble in whom is all my delight.
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But to the Kedoshim that are in ha’aretz, they are the glorious ones, in whom is all my delight.
4 Their sorrows will be increased who go after another god: I will not take drink offerings from their hands, or take their names on my lips.
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Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after other g-ds; their nesakhim (drink offerings) of dahm will I not offer, nor take up their shmot (names [of idols]) on my lips.
5 The Lord is my heritage and the wine of my cup; you are the supporter of my right.
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Hashem is the chelek (allotted share) of mine inheritance and of my kos (cup [of blessing]); Thou maintainest my goral (lot, allotment by the divine will).
6 Fair are the places marked out for me; I have a noble heritage.
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The boundary lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly nachalah (inheritance).
7 I will give praise to the Lord who has been my guide; knowledge comes to me from my thoughts in the night.
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I will bless Hashem, Who hath given me counsel; my mind also instructs me in the night seasons.
8 I have put the Lord before me at all times; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved.
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I have set Hashem always before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
9 Because of this my heart is glad, and my glory is full of joy: while my flesh takes its rest in hope.
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Therefore my lev is glad, and my kavod rejoiceth; my basar also shall dwell securely [see 1Th 5:23 OJBC].
10 For you will not let my soul be prisoned in the underworld; you will not let your loved one see the place of death.
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For Thou wilt not abandon my nefesh in Sheol; neither wilt Thou allow Thine Chasid to see shachat (corruption, the pit, the grave, the abyss of corruption; see Ac 2:24).
11 You will make clear to me the way of life; where you are joy is complete; in your right hand there are pleasures for ever and ever.
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Thou wilt show me the Orach Chayyim (the path of life); in Thy presence is fulness of joy, at Thy right hand there are pleasures netzach (for evermore).