Psalm 27

PSALM 27

Yahweh Is My Light and My Salvation

Of David.

1 Yahweh is my alight and my bsalvation;

Whom shall I fear?

Yahweh is the 1cstrong defense of my life;

dWhom shall I dread?

2 When evildoers came upon me to adevour my flesh,

My adversaries and my enemies, they bstumbled and fell.

3 Though a ahost encamp against me,

My heart will not fear;

Though war arise against me,

In this I btrust.

4 aOne thing I have asked from Yahweh, that I shall seek:

That I may bdwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life,

To behold cthe 1beauty of Yahweh

And to dinquire in His temple.

5 For in the aday of calamity He will bconceal me in His shelter;

In the secret place of His tent He will chide me;

He will dlift me up on a rock.

6 And now amy head will be lifted up above my enemies around me,

And I will offer in His tent bsacrifices with loud shouts of joy;

I will csing, and I will sing praises to Yahweh.

7 aHear, O Yahweh, when I call with my voice,

And be gracious to me and banswer me.

8 On Your behalf my heart says, “aSeek My face,”

“Your face, O Yahweh, bI shall seek.”

9 aDo not hide Your face from me,

Do not turn Your slave away in banger;

You have been cmy help;

dDo not abandon me and do not eforsake me,

O God of my salvation!

10 1For my father and amy mother have forsaken me,

But bYahweh will take me up.

11 aInstruct me in Your way, O Yahweh,

And lead me in a blevel path

Because of 1my foes.

12 Do not give me over to the 1adesire of my adversaries,

For bfalse witnesses have risen against me,

And such as cbreathe out violence.

13 1I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the agoodness of Yahweh

In the bland of the living.

14 aHope in Yahweh;

Be bstrong and let your heart take courage;

Hope in Yahweh.