Psalms 27

1 Jehovah is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life, of whom shall I be afraid?

BY DAVID. YHWH [is] my light and my salvation, Whom do I fear? YHWH [is] the strength of my life, Of whom am I afraid?

2 When evildoers came upon me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

When evildoers come near to me to eat my flesh, My adversaries and my enemies to me, They have stumbled and fallen.

3 Though an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, even then I will be confident.

Though a host encamps against me, My heart does not fear, Though war rises up against me, In this I [am] confident.

4 One thing I have asked of Jehovah, that I will seek after, that I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Jehovah, and to inquire in his temple.

One [thing] I asked of YHWH—it I seek: My dwelling in the house of YHWH, All the days of my life, To look on the pleasantness of YHWH, And to inquire in His temple.

5 For in the day of trouble he will hide me in his pavilion. In the covert of his tabernacle he will hide me. He will lift me up upon a rock.

For He hides me in a dwelling place in the day of evil, He hides me in a secret place of His tent, He raises me up on a rock.

6 And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies round about me. And I will offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy. I will sing, yea, I will sing praises to Jehovah.

And now my head is lifted up, Above my enemies—my surrounders, And I sacrifice in His tent sacrifices of shouting, I sing, indeed, I sing praise to YHWH.

7 Hear, O Jehovah, when I cry with my voice. Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

Hear, O YHWH, my voice—I call, And favor me, and answer me.

8 My heart said to thee, I have sought thy face. O Jehovah, I will seek thy face.

My heart said to You, “They sought my face, Your face, O YHWH, I seek.”

9 Hide not thy face from me. Put not thy servant away in anger. Thou have been my help. Cast me not off, nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.

Do not hide Your face from me, Do not turn Your servant aside in anger, You have been my help. Do not leave me, nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.

10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then Jehovah will take me up.

When my father and my mother Have forsaken me, then YHWH gathers me.

11 Teach me thy way, O Jehovah, and lead me in a plain path, because of my enemies.

Show me, O YHWH, Your way, And lead me in a path of uprightness, For the sake of my beholders.

12 Deliver me not over to the will of my adversaries. For false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

Do not give me to the will of my adversaries, For false witnesses have risen against me, And they breathe out violence to me.

13 I believe that I shall see the goodness of Jehovah in the land of the living.

I had not believed to look on the goodness of YHWH In the land of the living!

14 Wait for Jehovah. Be strong, and let thy heart take courage. Yea, wait thou for Jehovah.

Look to YHWH—be strong, And He strengthens your heart, Indeed, look to YHWH!