2  ^mI say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;

I have no good apart from you.”

3  As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,

in whom is all my delight.¹

4  The sorrows of those who run after² another god shall multiply;

their ⁿdrink offerings of blood I will not pour out

or take their names on my lips.

5  The Lord is ^omy chosen portion and my cup;

you hold my lot.

6  The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;

indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

7  I bless the Lord who gives me ^pcounsel;

in the night also my heart instructs me.³

8  ^qI have set the Lord always before me;

because he is ^rat my right hand, I shall not be shaken.