Psalms 27

1 By David. The LORD is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?

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 came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they 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 should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, even then I will be 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 I have asked of the LORD, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in the LORD’s house all the days of my life, to see the LORD’s beauty, and to enquire 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 keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the secret place of his tabernacle, he will hide me. He will lift me up 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 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.

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

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

8 When you said, “Seek my face,” my heart said to you, “I will seek your face, LORD.”

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

9 Don’t hide your face from me. Don’t put your servant away in anger. You have been my help. Don’t abandon me, neither forsake 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 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.

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

11 Teach me your way, LORD. Lead me in a straight 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 Don’t deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty.

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

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