Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
\nI say to the LORD, \u201cYou are my Lord;
\nI have no good apart from you.\u201d
\nAs for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
\nin whom is all my delight.
\nThe sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply;
\ntheir drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
\nor take their names on my lips.
\nThe LORD is my chosen portion and my cup;
\nyou hold my lot.
\nThe lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
\nindeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
\nI bless the LORD who gives me counsel;
\nin the night also my heart instructs me.
\nI have set the LORD always before me;
\nbecause he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
\nTherefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices;
\nmy flesh also dwells secure.
\nFor you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,
\nor let your holy one see corruption.
\nYou make known to me the path of life;
\nin your presence there is fullness of joy;
\nat your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
\n(Psalm 16 ESV)<\/p>\n
\u201cOh that my words were written!<\/p>\n
Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
\nOh that with an iron pen and lead
\nthey were engraved in the rock forever!
\nFor I know that my Redeemer lives,
\nand at the last he will stand upon the earth.
\nAnd after my skin has been thus destroyed,
\nyet in my flesh I shall see God,
\nwhom I shall see for myself,
\nand my eyes shall behold, and not another.
\nMy heart faints within me!
\n(Job 19:23-27 ESV)<\/p>\n