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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 16, Verse 6

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The LORD [is] the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
King James Version
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant [places]; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
American Standard Version
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; Yea, I have a goodly heritage.
New English Translation
It is as if I have been given fertile fields or received a beautiful tract of land.
World English Bible
The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, I have a good inheritance.
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I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
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I have set the LORD always before me: because [he is] at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
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Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
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For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
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Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence [is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for evermore.
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A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, [that goeth] not out of feigned lips.
2
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
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Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited [me] in the night; thou hast tried me, [and] shalt find nothing; I am purposed [that] my mouth shall not transgress.
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Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept [me from] the paths of the destroyer.
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Hold up my goings in thy paths, [that] my footsteps slip not.