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. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold 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 came upon me to eat up my flesh, even mine adversaries and my foes, 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.

Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war should rise up against me, even then 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 the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the graciousness of the LORD, and to visit early 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 He concealeth me in His pavilion in the day of evil; He hideth me in the covert of His tent; He lifteth me up 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 tabernacle sacrifices with trumpet-sound; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.

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

Hear, O LORD, when I call with my voice, and be gracious unto me, and answer me.

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

In Thy behalf my heart hath said: 'Seek ye My face'; Thy face, LORD, 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 though my father and my mother have forsaken me, the LORD will take 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, O LORD; and lead me in an even path, because of them that lie in wait for me.

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 unto 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!

If I had not believed to look upon 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 strong, and let thy heart take courage; yea, wait thou for the LORD.