< Psalms 27 >

1 A psalm of David. Yahweh is my light and my salvation; whom should I fear? Yahweh is my life's refuge; whom should I dread?
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?
2 When evildoers approached me to devour my flesh, my adversaries and my enemies stumbled and fell.
When evildoers come near to me to eat my flesh, My adversaries and my enemies to me, They have stumbled and fallen.
3 Though an army encamps against me, my heart will not fear; though war rises up against me, even then I will remain confident.
Though a host encamps against me, My heart does not fear, Though war rises up against me, In this I [am] confident.
4 One thing have I asked of Yahweh, and I will seek that: that I may live in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, to see the beauty of Yahweh and to meditate in his temple.
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.
5 For in the day of trouble he will hide me in his shelter; in the cover of his tent he will conceal me. He will lift me high on a rock!
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.
6 Then my head will be lifted up above my enemies all around me, and I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent! I will sing and make songs to Yahweh!
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.
7 Hear, Yahweh, my voice when I cry out! Have mercy on me, and answer me!
Hear, O YHWH, my voice—I call, And favor me, and answer me.
8 My heart says about you, “Seek his face!” I seek your face, Yahweh!
My heart said to You, “They sought my face, Your face, O YHWH, I seek.”
9 Do not hide your face from me; do not turn your servant away in anger! You have been my helper; do not forsake me or abandon me, God of my salvation!
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.
10 Even if my father and my mother forsake me, Yahweh will take me in.
When my father and my mother Have forsaken me, then YHWH gathers me.
11 Teach me your way, Yahweh! Lead me on a level path because of my enemies.
Show me, O YHWH, Your way, And lead me in a path of uprightness, For the sake of my beholders.
12 Do not give me up to the desires of my enemies, for false witnesses have risen up against me, and they breathe out violence!
Do not give me to the will of my adversaries, For false witnesses have risen against me, And they breathe out violence to me.
13 What would have happened to me if I had not believed that I would see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living?
I had not believed to look on the goodness of YHWH In the land of the living!
14 Wait for Yahweh; be strong, and let your heart be courageous! Wait for Yahweh!
Look to YHWH—be strong, And He strengthens your heart, Indeed, look to YHWH!

< Psalms 27 >