And so when my heart grew embittered * and when I was cut to the quick, I was stupid and did not understand, * no better than a beast in your sight.
Yet I was always in your presence; * you were holding me by my right hand. You will guide me by your counsel * and so you will lead me to glory.
What else have I in heaven but you? * Apart from you I want nothing on earth. My body and my heart faint for joy; * God is my possession for ever.
All those who abandon you shall perish; * you will destroy all those who are faithless. To be near God is my happiness. * I have made the Lord God my refuge. I will tell of all your works * at the gates of the city of Zion.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, * and will be for ever. Amen.
