Psalm 27:1–8

¹Jehovah is my light and my salvation;

Whom shall I fear?

Jehovah is the strength of my life;

Of whom shall I be afraid?

²When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh,

Even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

³Though a host should encamp against me,

My heart shall not fear:

Though war should rise against me,

Even then will I be confident.

⁴One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after:

That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life,

To behold the beauty of Jehovah,

And to inquire in his temple.

⁵For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion:

In the covert of his tabernacle will he hide me;

He will lift me up upon a rock.

⁶And now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me;

And I will offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy;

I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto Jehovah.

⁷Hear, O Jehovah, when I cry with my voice:

Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

⁸When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee,

Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.