I will bless the Lord who has counseled me;
Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night.

Examine me, O Lord, and try me;
Test my mind and my heart.

I am forgotten as a dead man, out of mind;
I am like a broken vessel.

“For every beast of the forest is Mine,
The cattle on a thousand hills.

“I know every bird of the mountains,
And everything that moves in the field is Mine.

“If I were hungry I would not tell you,
For the world is Mine, and all it contains.

For no guilt of mine, they run and set themselves against me.
Arouse Yourself to help me, and see!

“Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine;
Ephraim also is the helmet of My head;
Judah is My scepter.

For they have conspired together with one mind;
Against You they make a covenant:

“Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine;
Ephraim also is the helmet of My head;
Judah is My scepter.

The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind,
“You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”

This has become mine,
That I observe Your precepts.

Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies,
For they are ever mine.

“There I will cause the horn of David to spring forth;
I have prepared a lamp for Mine anointed.