Psalm 27

PSALM 27

Yahweh Is My Light and My Salvation

Of David.

¹Yahweh is my ^alight and my ^bsalvation;

Whom shall I fear?

Yahweh is the ^1cstrong defense of my life;

^dWhom shall I dread?

²When evildoers came upon me to ^adevour my flesh,

My adversaries and my enemies, they ^bstumbled and fell.

³Though a ^ahost encamp against me,

My heart will not fear;

Though war arise against me,

In this I ^btrust.

^4aOne 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.

⁵For 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.

⁶And 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.

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

And be gracious to me and ^banswer me.

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

“Your face, O Yahweh, ^bI shall seek.”

^9aDo 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!

¹⁰¹For my father and ^amy mother have forsaken me,

But ^bYahweh will take me up.

^11aInstruct me in Your way, O Yahweh,

And lead me in a ^blevel path

Because of ¹my foes.

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

For ^bfalse witnesses have risen against me,

And such as ^cbreathe out violence.

¹³¹I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the ^agoodness of Yahweh

In the ^bland of the living.

^14aHope in Yahweh;

Be ^bstrong and let your heart take courage;

Hope in Yahweh.