Psalms 27

1 The psalm of David before he was anointed. The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector 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 Whilst the wicked draw near against me, to eat my flesh. My enemies that trouble me, have themselves been weakened, and have fallen.

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

3 If armies in camp should stand together against me, my heart shall not fear. If a battle should rise up against me, in this will I 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 the Lord, this will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. That I may see the delight of the Lord, and may visit 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 he hath hidden me in his tabernacle; in the day of evils, he hath protected me in the secret place of his tabernacle.

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 He hath exalted me upon a rock: and now he hath lifted up my head above my enemies. I have gone round, and have offered up in his tabernacle a sacrifice of jubilation: I will sing, and recite a psalm to the Lord.

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 Lord, my voice, with which I have cried to thee: have mercy on me and hear me.

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

8 My heart hath said to thee: My face hath sought thee: thy face, O Lord, will I still seek.

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

9 Turn not away thy face from me; decline not in thy wrath from thy servant. Be thou my helper, forsake me not; do not thou despise me, O God my Saviour.

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 For my father and my mother have left me: but the Lord hath taken me up.

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

11 Set me, O Lord, a law in thy way, and guide me in the right 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 them that trouble me; for unjust witnesses have risen up against me; and iniquity hath lied to itself.

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 to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.

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

14 Expect the Lord, do manfully, and let thy heart take courage, and wait thou for the Lord.

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