Psalm 16
Preserve me, O God
: for in you have I taken refuge.
I have said to the Lord, You are my lord
: and all my good depends on you.
As for those who are held holy on the earth
: the other gods in whom men delight,
Though the idols are many that men run after
: their offerings of blood I will not offer,
nor take their name upon my lips.
The Lord is my appointed portion and my cup
: you hold my lot in your hands.
The share that has fallen to me is in pleasant places
: and a fair land is my possession.
I will bless the Lord who has given me counsel
: at night also he has instructed my heart.
I have set the Lord always before me
: he is at my right hand, and I shall not fall.
Therefore my heart is glad and my spirit rejoices
: my flesh also shall rest secure.
For you will not give me over to the power of death
: nor suffer your faithful one to see the Pit.
You will show me the path of life
: in your presence is the fulness of joy,
and from your right hand flow delights for evermore.
Psalm 30
I will exalt you, O Lord,
for you have drawn me up from the depths
: and have not suffered my foes to triumph over me.
O Lord my God, I cried to you
: and you have made me whole.
You brought me back, O Lord, from the land of silence
: you saved my life from among those that go down to the Pit.
Sing praises to the Lord, all you his faithful ones
: and give thanks to his holy name.
For if in his anger is havoc,
in his good favour is life
: heaviness may endure for a night,
but joy comes in the morning.
In my prosperity I said ‘I shall never be moved
: your goodness, O Lord, has set me on so firm a hill.’
Then you hid your face from me
: and I was greatly dismayed.
I cried to you, O God
: and made my petition humbly to my Lord.
‘What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the Pit
: can the dust give you thanks, or declare your faithfulness?
‘Hear, O Lord, and be merciful
: O Lord, be my helper.’
You have turned my lamentation into dancing
: you have put off my sackcloth and girded me with joy,
That my heart may sing your praise and never be silent
: O Lord my God, I will give you thanks for ever.