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; of whom shall I be afraid? the Lord is the fortress of my life; of whom shall I have dread?

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 come near against me to eat up my flesh, my assailants and my enemies at me: then do they stumble and fall.

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

If an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: if war should arise against me, even then will I have trust.

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 I will seek for: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the loveliness of the Lord, and to be every morning 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 will hide me in his pavilion on the day of evil; he will conceal me in the secret of his tabernacle; upon a rock will he place me high.

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 will my head be lifted up above my enemies all round about me; and I will sacrifice in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy: I will sing, and I will triumphantly play unto the Lord.

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

Hear, O Lord, my voice, [when] I call, and be gracious unto me, and answer me.

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

Of thee, said my heart, “Seek ye my presence”: thy presence, 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 [then] not thy face from me; reject not in anger thy servant, thou [who] hast been my help: cast me not off, nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.

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 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.

Point me out thy way, O Lord! and guide me on a level path, because of those that regard me enviously.

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.

Give me not up to the [revengeful] desire of my assailants; for there are risen up against me false witnesses, and such as utter 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 the Lord in the land of life—

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 be of good courage; and only wait on the Lord.