Psalms Sunday #16

1 Keep me safe, O God,
for in you I take refuge.
2 I said to the LORD, "You are my Lord;
apart from you I have no good thing."

3 As for the saints who are in the land,
they are the glorious ones in whom is all my delight. [b]

4 The sorrows of those will increase
who run after other gods.
I will not pour out their libations of blood
or take up their names on my lips.

5 LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup;
you have made my lot secure.

6 The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely I have a delightful inheritance.

7 I will praise the LORD, who counsels me;
even at night my heart instructs me.

8 I have set the LORD always before me.
Because he is at my right hand,
I will not be shaken.

9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body also will rest secure,

10 because you will not abandon me to the grave,
nor will you let your Holy One see decay.

11 You have made known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand.


When I am waiting for answers, when my heart is heavy, when illness abounds, I have hope. For there is a God who knew about me, who planned my life, my path, in the beginning..when He made all creation. He knows what lies ahead for me. So, why should I worry, when He is in control. My loving God, my Father, my Wonderful Counselor, my God who heals, my God who sees, my God who provides, My living God, my Shepherd, My Lord of Peace.
I am joyful because He is in my life.