7-8 The wise counsel God gives when I’m awake
    is confirmed by my sleeping heart.
Day and night I’ll stick with God;
    I’ve got a good thing going and I’m not letting go.

9-10 I’m happy from the inside out,
    and from the outside in, I’m firmly formed.
You canceled my ticket to hell—
    that’s not my destination!

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I keep my eyes always on the Lord.
    With him at my right hand,(A) I will not be shaken.(B)

Therefore my heart is glad(C) and my tongue rejoices;
    my body also will rest secure,(D)
10 because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,(E)
    nor will you let your faithful[a] one(F) see decay.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 16:10 Or holy