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; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?

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

When evil-doers, even my haters, came on me to put an end to me, they were broken and put to shame.

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

Even if an army came against me with its tents, my heart would have no fear: if war was made on me, my faith would not be moved.

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 prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom 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 time of trouble he will keep me safe in his tent: in the secret place of his tent he will keep me from men's eyes; high on a rock he will put me.

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.

And now my head will be lifted up higher than my haters who are round me: because of this I will make offerings of joy in his tent; I will make a song, truly I will make a song of praise to the Lord.

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

O Lord, let the voice of my cry come to your ears: have mercy on me, and give me an answer.

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

When you said, Make search for my face, my heart said to you, For your face will I make my search.

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.

Let not your face be covered from me; do not put away your servant in wrath; you have been my help: do not give me up or take your support from me, O God of my salvation.

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

When my father and my mother are turned away from me, then the Lord will be my support.

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

Make your way clear to me, O Lord, guiding me by the right way, because of my haters.

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 give me into their hands, because false witnesses have come out against me, and men breathing destruction.

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

I had almost given up my hope of seeing the blessing of the Lord in the land of the living.

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

Let your hope be in the Lord: take heart and be strong; yes, let your hope be in the Lord.