² O my soul, you have said to the Lord,
“You are my Lord,
^(B)My goodness is nothing apart from You.”
³ As for the saints who are on the earth,
“They are the excellent ones, in ^(C)whom is all my delight.”

⁴ Their sorrows shall be multiplied who hasten after another god;
Their drink offerings of ^(D)blood I will not offer,
^(E)Nor take up their names on my lips.

⁵ O Lord, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup;
You ^[b]maintain my lot.
⁶ The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;
Yes, I have a good inheritance.

⁷ I will bless the Lord who has given me counsel;
My ^[c]heart also instructs me in the night seasons.
^8 (F)I have set the Lord always before me;
Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.

⁷ Two things I request of You
(Deprive me not before I die):
⁸ Remove falsehood and lies far from me;
Give me neither poverty nor riches—
^(A)Feed me with the food allotted to me;
^9 (B)Lest I be full and deny You,
And say, “Who is the Lord?”
Or lest I be poor and steal,
And profane the name of my God.