Psalm 27:1–34:22
1 The Lord is my alight and my salvation;
Whom shall I fear?
The bLord is the strength of my life;
Of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When the wicked came against me
My enemies and foes,
They stumbled and fell.
3 dThough an army may encamp against me,
My heart shall not fear;
Though war may rise against me,
In this I will be confident.
4 eOne thing I have desired of the Lord,
That will I seek:
That I may fdwell in the house of the Lord
All the days of my life,
To behold the 2beauty of the Lord,
And to inquire in His temple.
5 For gin the time of trouble
He shall hide me in His pavilion;
In the secret place of His tabernacle
He shall hide me;
He shall hset me high upon a rock.
6 And now imy head shall be 3lifted up above my enemies all around me;
Therefore I will offer sacrifices of 4joy in His tabernacle;
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.
7 Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice!
Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
8 When You said, “Seek My face,”
My heart said to You, “Your face, Lord, I will seek.”
9 jDo not hide Your face from me;
Do not turn Your servant away in anger;
You have been my help;
Do not leave me nor forsake me,
O God of my salvation.
10 kWhen my father and my mother forsake me,
Then the Lord will take care of me.
11 lTeach me Your way, O Lord,
And lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies.
12 Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries;
For mfalse witnesses have risen against me,
And such as breathe out violence.
13 I would have lost heart, unless I had believed
That I would see the goodness of the Lord
nIn the land of the living.
Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart;
Wait, I say, on the Lord!
A Psalm of David.
1 To You I will cry, O Lord my Rock: aDo not be silent to me,
bLest, if You are silent to me,
I become like those who go down to the pit.
2 Hear the voice of my supplications
When I cry to You,
cWhen I lift up my hands dtoward Your holy sanctuary.
3 Do not 1take me away with the wicked
And with the workers of iniquity,
eWho speak peace to their neighbors,
But evil is in their hearts.
4 fGive them according to their deeds,
And according to the wickedness of their endeavors;
Give them according to the work of their hands;
Render to them what they deserve.
5 Because gthey do not regard the works of the Lord,
Nor the operation of His hands,
He shall destroy them
And not build them up.
Because He has heard the voice of my supplications!
7 The Lord is hmy strength and my shield;
My heart itrusted in Him, and I am helped;
Therefore my heart greatly rejoices,
And with my song I will praise Him.
8 The Lord is 2their strength,
And He is the jsaving refuge of His 3anointed.
And bless kYour inheritance;
Shepherd them also,
lAnd bear them up forever.
Praise to God in His Holiness and Majesty
A Psalm of David.
1 Give 1 aunto the Lord, O you mighty ones,
Give unto the Lord glory and strength.
2 2Give unto the Lord the glory 3due to His name;
Worship the Lord in bthe 4beauty of holiness.
3 The voice of the Lord is over the waters;
cThe God of glory thunders;
The Lord is over many waters.
4 The voice of the Lord is powerful;
The voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
5 The voice of the Lord breaks dthe cedars,
Yes, the Lord splinters the cedars of Lebanon.
6 eHe makes them also skip like a calf,
Lebanon and fSirion like a young wild ox.
7 The voice of the Lord 5divides the flames of fire.
8 The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;
The Lord shakes the Wilderness of gKadesh.
9 The voice of the Lord makes the hdeer give birth,
And strips the forests bare;
And in His temple everyone says, “Glory!”
10 The iLord sat enthroned at the Flood,
And jthe Lord sits as King forever.
11 kThe Lord will give strength to His people;
The Lord will bless His people with peace.
The Blessedness of Answered Prayer
A Psalm. A Song aAt the Dedication of the House of David.
1 I will extol You, O Lord, for You have blifted me up,
And have not let my foes crejoice over me.
2 O Lord my God, I cried out to You,
And You dhealed me.
3 O Lord, eYou brought my soul up from the grave;
You have kept me alive, 1that I should not go down to the pit.
4 fSing praise to the Lord, you saints of His,
And give thanks at the remembrance of 2His holy name.
5 For gHis anger is but for a moment,
hHis favor is for life;
Weeping may endure for a night,
But 3joy comes in the morning.
6 Now in my prosperity I said,
“I shall never be 4moved.”
7 Lord, by Your favor You have made my mountain stand strong;
iYou hid Your face, and I was troubled.
And to the Lord I made supplication:
9 “What profit is there in my blood,
When I go down to the pit?
jWill the dust praise You?
Will it declare Your truth?
10 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy on me;
Lord, be my helper!”
11 kYou have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
You have put off 5my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,
12 To the end that my 6glory may sing praise to You and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.
The Lord A Fortress in Adversity
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
1 In aYou, O Lord, I 1put my trust; Let me never be ashamed;
Deliver me in Your righteousness.
2 bBow down Your ear to me,
Deliver me speedily;
Be my rock of 2refuge,
A 3fortress of defense to save me.
3 cFor You are my rock and my fortress;
Therefore, dfor Your name’s sake,
Lead me and guide me.
4 Pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me,
For You are my strength.
5 eInto Your hand I commit my spirit;
You have redeemed me, O Lord God of ftruth.
6 I have hated those gwho regard useless idols;
But I trust in the Lord.
7 I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy,
For You have considered my trouble;
You have hknown my soul in 4adversities,
8 And have not ishut 5me up into the hand of the enemy;
jYou have set my feet in a wide place.
9 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble;
kMy eye wastes away with grief,
Yes, my soul and my 6body!
10 For my life is spent with grief,
And my years with sighing;
My strength fails because of my iniquity,
And my bones waste away.
11 lI am a 7reproach among all my enemies,
But mespecially among my neighbors,
And am repulsive to my acquaintances;
nThose who see me outside flee from me.
12 oI am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind;
I am like a 8broken vessel.
13 pFor I hear the slander of many;
qFear is on every side;
While they rtake counsel together against me,
They scheme to take away my life.
14 But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord;
I say, “You are my God.”
15 My times are in Your shand;
Deliver me from the hand of my enemies,
And from those who persecute me.
16 tMake Your face shine upon Your servant;
Save me for Your mercies’ sake.
17 uDo not let me be ashamed, O Lord, for I have called upon You;
Let the wicked be ashamed;
vLet them be silent in the grave.
18 wLet the lying lips be put to silence,
Which xspeak insolent things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
19 yOh, how great is Your goodness,
Which You have laid up for those who fear You,
Which You have prepared for those who trust in You
In the presence of the sons of men!
20 zYou shall hide them in the secret place of Your presence
From the plots of man;
aYou shall keep them secretly in a 9pavilion
From the strife of tongues.
For bHe has shown me His marvelous kindness in a 1strong city!
“I am cut off from before Your eyes”;
Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications
When I cried out to You.
23 Oh, love the Lord, all you His saints!
For the Lord preserves the faithful,
And fully repays the proud person.
24 cBe of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart,
All you who hope in the Lord.
A Psalm of David. A 1Contemplation.
1 Blessed is he whose atransgression is forgiven,
Whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord bdoes not 2impute iniquity,
And cin whose spirit there is no deceit.
3 When I kept silent, my bones grew old
Through my groaning all the day long.
4 For day and night Your dhand was heavy upon me;
My vitality was turned into the drought of summer.
Selah
5 I acknowledged my sin to You,
And my iniquity I have not hidden.
eI said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
And You forgave the iniquity of my sin.
Selah
6 fFor this cause everyone who is godly shall gpray to You
In a time when You may be found;
Surely in a flood of great waters
They shall not come near him.
7 hYou are my hiding place;
You shall preserve me from trouble;
You shall surround me with isongs of deliverance.
Selah
8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will guide you with My eye.
9 Do not be like the jhorse or like the mule,
Which have no understanding,
Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle,
Else they will not come near you.
10 kMany sorrows shall be to the wicked;
But lhe who trusts in the Lord, mercy shall surround him.
11 mBe glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous;
And shout for joy, all you upright in heart!
The Sovereignty of the Lord In Creation and History
1 Rejoice ain the Lord, O you righteous! For praise from the upright is beautiful.
2 Praise the Lord with the harp;
1Make melody to Him with an instrument of ten strings.
Play skillfully with a shout of joy.
4 For the word of the Lord is right,
And all His work is done in truth.
5 He loves righteousness and justice;
The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.
6 bBy the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
And all the chost of them dby the breath of His mouth.
7 eHe gathers the waters of the sea together 2as a heap;
He lays up the deep in storehouses.
8 Let all the earth fear the Lord;
Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
9 For fHe spoke, and it was done;
He commanded, and it stood fast.
10 gThe Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect.
11 hThe counsel of the Lord stands forever,
The plans of His heart to all generations.
12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
The people He has ichosen as His own inheritance.
13 jThe Lord looks from heaven;
He sees all the sons of men.