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. Jehovah is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength 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, mine adversaries and mine enemies, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they 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.

If a host encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; if war rise against me, in this will I be 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 Jehovah, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Jehovah, and to inquire [of 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 evil he will hide me in his pavilion; in the secret of his tent will he keep me concealed: 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.

And now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me; and I will offer in his tent sacrifices of shouts of joy: I will sing, yea, I will sing psalms unto Jehovah.

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

Hear, Jehovah; with my voice do I call; be gracious unto me, and answer me.

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

My heart said for thee, Seek ye my face. Thy face, O Jehovah, will I 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 thy face from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

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

For had my father and my mother forsaken me, then had Jehovah taken me up.

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

Teach me thy way, Jehovah, and lead me in an even 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 will of mine adversaries; for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out violence.

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

Unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah in the land of the living...!

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

Wait for Jehovah; be strong and let thy heart take courage: yea, wait for Jehovah.