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?
David’s. Yahweh, is my light and my salvation, Of whom shall I be afraid? Yahweh, is the refuge of my life, Of whom shall I be in 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 there drew near against me evil-doers to devour my flesh, mine adversaries, and mine enemies—mine!—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 there pitch against me—a camp, my heart shall not fear, —Though there come up against me—a battle, still, am I 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 Yahweh, That, will I seek to secure, —That I may dwell in the house of Yahweh, all the days of my life, To view the delightfulness of Yahweh, And to contemplate 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, in the day of calamity, —He will conceal me, in the secrecy of his tent, Within a rock, will he set me on 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.
Now, therefore, shall my head be raised high above my foes round about me, and I will sacrifice in his tent the sacrifices of triumphant joy, I will sing and touch the strings, to Yahweh.
7 Hear, O YHWH, my voice—I call, And favor me, and answer me.
Hear, O Yahweh, With my voice, do I cry, Oh then show me favour and answer me.
8 My heart said to You, “They sought my face, Your face, O YHWH, I seek.”
To thee, said my heart—[When thou saidst] Seek ye my face—Thy face, O Yahweh, 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.
Do not hide thy face from me, Do not repulse, in thine anger, thine own servant, —My help, thou hast been, Do not send me away nor forsake me, O my saving God!
10 When my father and my mother Have forsaken me, then YHWH gathers me.
When, my own father and mother, had forsaken me, Then, Yahweh, took me up!
11 Show me, O YHWH, Your way, And lead me in a path of uprightness, For the sake of my beholders.
Point out to me, O Yahweh, thy way, —And guide me in a level path, because of mine adversaries.
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 give me up unto the desire of mine adversaries, for there have risen up against me witnesses that are false, and he that fanneth up violence.
13 I had not believed to look on the goodness of YHWH In the land of the living!
I believe that I shall see—The goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living,
14 Look to YHWH—be strong, And He strengthens your heart, Indeed, look to YHWH!
Wait thou for Yahweh, —Be strong, and let thy heart be bold, Wait, then, for Yahweh!
