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?

[A Psalm] of David, before he was anointed. The Lord is my light and my Saviour; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the defender of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

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 drew nigh against me to eat up my flesh, my persecutors and mine enemies, they fainted 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 should set itself in array against me, my heart shall not be afraid: though war should rise up against me, in this am I confident.

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 have I asked of the Lord, this will I earnestly seek: that I should dwell in the house of the Lord, all the days of my life, that I should behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and survey 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 mine afflictions he hid me in his tabernacle: he sheltered me in the secret of his tabernacle; he set me up on 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.

And now, behold, he has lifted up mine head over mine enemies: I went round and offered in his tabernacle the sacrifice of joy; I will sing even sing psalms to the Lord.

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

Hear, O Lord, my voice which I have uttered aloud: pity me, and hearken to me.

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

My heart said to thee, I have diligently sought thy face: thy 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.

Turn not thy face away from me, turn not thou away from thy servant in anger: be thou my helper, forsake me not; and, O God my Saviour, overlook me not.

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

For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord has taken me to himself.

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

Teach me, O Lord, in thy way, and guide me in a right path, because of mine enemies.

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.

Deliver me not over to the desire of them that afflict me; for unjust witnesses have risen up against me, and injustice has lied within herself.

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

I believe that I shall 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 on the Lord: be of good courage, and let thy heart be strengthened: yea wait on the Lord.