Psalms 27

1 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?

Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?

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

When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.

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

Though an army encamps around me, my heart will not fear; though a war breaks out against me, I will keep my trust.

4 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.

One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.

5 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.

For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.

6 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.

Then my head will be held high above my enemies around me. At His tabernacle I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD.

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

Hear, O LORD, my voice when I call; be merciful and answer me.

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

My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.

9 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.

Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation.

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

Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.

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

Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path, because of my oppressors.

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

Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.

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

Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

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

Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!