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?

[By 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 evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my 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 an army is deployed against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, even then I will 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 I have asked of the LORD, that I will seek after, that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to see the LORD's beauty, and to inquire 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 trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the covert of his tabernacle he will hide me. He will lift 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.

Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me. I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD.

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

Hear, LORD, when I cry with my voice. Have mercy also on me, and answer me.

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

My heart said of you, "Seek his face." Your face, 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.

Do not hide your face from me. Do not put your servant away in anger. You have been my help. Do not abandon me, neither forsake me, God of my salvation.

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

When my father and my mother forsake me, then 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 your way, LORD. Lead me in a straight 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 deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out violence.

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

I am still confident of this: I will 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 for the LORD. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for the LORD.