Psalms 27

1 A psalm of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation! How could anyone scare me? The Lord is my life's fortress! How could anyone terrify me?

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 evil people come at me to tear me apart, it's my enemies, those who are against me, they're the ones who trip and fall.

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

3 Even if an army surrounds me, I won't be frightened. Even if I am attacked, I will still trust in God.

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

4 I only ask the Lord for one thing: I just want to live in the house of the Lord throughout my life, contemplating the Lord's goodness and thinking about 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 When troubles come he will protect me and keep me safe, hiding me in his house, as secure as if he'd placed me on a high 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 He will hold my head high over my enemies who are all around me. I shall offer sacrifices in his house with shouts of joy, and I will sing praises 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 Listen to me, Lord, when I call for help. Be gracious and answer me.

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

8 You told me, “Come to me.” I am coming to you, Lord.

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

9 Don't refuse to talk to me. Don't be angry with your servant and turn away. You are the one who helps me, so please don't reject me and abandon me, 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 Even if my father and my mother abandon me, the Lord will take care of me.

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

11 Lord, teach me your way and lead me along the right path, because my enemies are against me—

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

12 don't hand me over to them and their evil intentions, for they are making false accusations against me and threatening me with violence.

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 However, I'm absolutely sure that I will see the Lord's goodness even in this life.

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

14 Trust in the Lord! Be confident—he will give you courage! Trust in the Lord!

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