I criedout to You, O LORD;I said,"You are my refuge,My portionin the landof the living.
The LORDis my portion;I have promisedto keepYour words.
The LORDis the portionof my inheritanceand my cup;You supportmy lot.
[I would have despaired] unlessI had believedthat I would seethe goodnessof the LORDIn the landof the living.
They repayme evilfor good,[To] the bereavementof my soul.
Godis our refugeand strength,A verypresenthelpin trouble.
The LORDof hostsis with us; The Godof Jacobis our stronghold.Selah.
For You have deliveredmy soulfrom death,Indeedmy feetfrom stumbling,So that I may walkbeforeGodIn the lightof the living.
My fleshand my heartmay fail,But Godis the strengthof my heartand my portionforever.
I will sayto the LORD,"My refugeand my fortress,My God,in whom I trust!"
Then I lookedagainat allthe actsof oppressionwhichwere being doneunderthe sun.And behold[I saw] the tearsof the oppressedand [that] they hadnooneto comfort[them]; and on the sideof their oppressorswas power,but they hadnooneto comfort[them].
"The LORDis my portion,"saysmy soul,"ThereforeI havehopein Him."
"Behold,an houris coming,and has [already] come,for you to be scattered,eachto his own[home], and to leaveMe alone;and [yet] I amnot alone,becausethe Fatheris with Me.
But the Lordstoodwith me and strengthenedme, sothat throughme the proclamationmight be fully accomplished,and that allthe Gentilesmight hear;and I was rescuedout of the lion'smouth.
