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A Delightful Inheritance

(Mary Blake)

A song of praise adapted from Psalm 16

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Keep me safe, O, God,
For I trust in You,
I said to the Lord, you are my Lord;
Keep me safe, O, God,
For in you I take refuge.
Apart from you I have no good thing.

You have assigned me my portion and my cup;
You have made my lot secure.
The boundaries have fallen for me in pleasant places;
Surely, Surely, in You I find a delightful inheritance.

I will praise the Lord 
Who counsels me!
Even at night in my heart the instructs me.
I will keep Him 
Ever before me,
He is at my right hand; I shall not be moved!

You have assigned me my portion and my cup:
You have made my lot secure.
The boundaries have fallen for me in pleasant place;
Surely, Surely, in you I find a delightful inheritance,
Surely, Surely, in you I find a delightful inheritance.

© Mary Blake 2017

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