
16 - Conserva me, Domine

1   Preserve me, O God, 🞙
    for in you have I put my trust.

2   O my soul, you have said unto the Lord, 🞙
    “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.”

3   All my delight is upon the saints who are on the earth, 🞙
    and upon those who excel in virtue.

4   But those who run after another god 🞙
    shall have great trouble.

5   Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, 🞙
    neither make mention of their names with my lips.

6   The Lord himself is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup; 🞙
    you shall maintain my lot.

7   The boundaries have fallen for me in pleasant places; 🞙
    indeed, I have a goodly heritage.

8   I will thank the Lord for giving me counsel; 🞙
    my heart also chastens me in the night season.

9   I have set the Lord always before me; 🞙
    he is at my right hand; therefore I shall not fall.

10  Therefore my heart is glad and my soul rejoices. 🞙
    My flesh also shall rest in hope.

11  For you shall not leave my soul in the grave, 🞙
    neither shall you allow your Holy One to see corruption.

12  You shall show me the path of life; in your presence is the fullness of joy, 🞙
    and at your right hand there is pleasure for evermore.
