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 sealed. 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?

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

Meanwhile, the guilty draw near to me, so as to eat my flesh. Those who trouble me, my enemies, have themselves been weakened and have fallen.

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

If entrenched armies were to stand together against me, my heart would not fear. If a battle were to rise up against me, I would have hope in this.

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 I will seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, so that I may behold the delight of the Lord, and may visit 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 he has hidden me in his tabernacle. In the day of evils, he has protected me in the hidden place of his tabernacle.

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.

He has exalted me upon the rock, and now he has exalted my head above my enemies. I have circled around and offered a sacrifice of loud exclamation in his tabernacle. I will sing, and I will compose a psalm, to the Lord.

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

Hear my voice, O Lord, with which I have cried out to you. Have mercy on me, and hear me.

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

My heart has spoken to you; my face has sought you. I yearn for your face, O Lord.

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.

Do not turn your face away from me. In your wrath, do not turn aside from your servant. Be my helper. Do not abandon me, and do not despise me, O God, my Savior.

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

For my father and my mother have left me behind, but the Lord has taken me up.

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

O Lord, establish a law for me in your way, and direct me in the right path, because of my 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.

Do not surrender me to the souls of those who trouble me. For unjust witnesses have risen up against me, and iniquity has lied to itself.

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 good things 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 for the Lord, act manfully; and let your heart be strengthened, and remain with the Lord.