²³Nevertheless I am continually with you;
   you hold my right hand.
²⁴You guide me with your counsel,
   and afterwards you will receive me with honour.^*
25Whom have I in heaven but you?
   And there is nothing on earth that I desire other than you.
²⁶My flesh and my heart may fail,
   but God is the strength^* of my heart and my portion for ever.

²⁷Indeed, those who are far from you will perish;
   you put an end to those who are false to you.
²⁸But for me it is good to be near God;
   I have made the Lord God my refuge,
   to tell of all your works.