The Message Bible MSG
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 Keep me safe, O God, I've run for dear life to you.
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A Secret Treasure of David. Preserve me, O God, for I did trust in Thee.
2 I say to God, "Be my Lord!" Without you, nothing makes sense.
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Thou hast said to Jehovah, `My Lord Thou [art];' My good [is] not for thine own sake;
3 And these God-chosen lives all around - what splendid friends they make!
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For the holy ones who [are] in the land, And the honourable, all my delight [is] in them.
4 Don't just go shopping for a god. Gods are not for sale. I swear I'll never treat god-names like brand-names.
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Multiplied are their griefs, [Who] have hastened backward; I pour not out their libations of blood, Nor do I take up their names on my lips.
5 My choice is you, God, first and only. And now I find I'm your choice!
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Jehovah [is] the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou -- Thou dost uphold my lot.
6 You set me up with a house and yard. And then you made me your heir!
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Lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, Yea, a beauteous inheritance [is] for me.
7 The wise counsel God gives when I'm awake is confirmed by my sleeping heart.
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I bless Jehovah who hath counselled me; Also [in] the nights my reins instruct me.
8 Day and night I'll stick with God; I've got a good thing going and I'm not letting go.
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I did place Jehovah before me continually, Because -- at my right hand I am not moved.
9 I'm happy from the inside out, and from the outside in, I'm firmly formed.
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Therefore hath my heart been glad, And my honour doth rejoice, Also my flesh dwelleth confidently:
10 You canceled my ticket to hell - that's not my destination!
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For Thou dost not leave my soul to Sheol, Nor givest thy saintly one to see corruption.
11 Now you've got my feet on the life path, all radiant from the shining of your face. Ever since you took my hand, I'm on the right way.
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Thou causest me to know the path of life; Fulness of joys [is] with Thy presence, Pleasant things by Thy right hand for ever!
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