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 shield 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 the wicked came upon me to devour me, Even my persecutors and enemies, 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 against me, yet 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 desired of the LORD; that do I yet seek; That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, To behold the grace of the LORD, And to gaze upon 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 hide me in his pavilion; Yea, in the secret place of his tabernacle will he shelter me; He will set me 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.

Yea, already doth he lift my head above my enemies, who are around me; Therefore in his tabernacle will I offer sacrifices with the sound of trumpets; I will sing, yea, with instruments of music I will give praise to the LORD.

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

Hear my voice, O LORD! when I cry unto thee; Have pity upon me, and answer me!

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

When I think of thy precept, “Seek ye my face!” Thy face, LORD, do 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.

O hide not thou thy face from me; Cast not thy servant away in displeasure! Thou hast been my help, do not leave me; Do not forsake me, O God, my helper!

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.

Teach me thy way, O LORD! And lead 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.

Give me not up to the will of my adversaries! For false witnesses have risen up against me, And such as breathe out injustice.

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

I trust that I shall see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living. Hope thou in the LORD!

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

Be of good courage; let thy heart be strong; Hope thou in the LORD!