Psalm 27:1-14
Of David.
27 Jehovah is my light+ and my salvation.
Whom should I fear?+
Jehovah is the stronghold of my life.+
Whom should I dread?
2 When evil men attacked me to devour my flesh,+My adversaries and my enemies were the ones who stumbled and fell.
3 Though an army should set up camp against me,My heart will not fear.+
Though war should break out against me,Even then I will remain confident.
4 One thing I have asked from Jehovah—It is what I will look for—That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life,+To gaze upon the pleasantness of JehovahAnd to look with appreciation* upon his temple.*+
5 For he will hide me in his shelter on the day of calamity;+He will conceal me in the secret place of his tent;+High on a rock he will place me.+
6 Now my head is high above my enemies who surround me;I will offer sacrifices at his tent with joyful shouting;I will sing praises* to Jehovah.
7 Hear me, O Jehovah, when I cry out;+Show me favor and answer me.+
8 Speaking for you, my heart has said:
“Seek to find my face.”
Your face, O Jehovah, I will seek to find.+
9 Do not hide your face from me.+
Do not turn your servant away in your anger.
You are my helper;+Do not forsake me or leave me, my God of salvation.
10 Even if my own father and mother abandon me,+Jehovah himself will take me in.+
11 Instruct me in your way, O Jehovah,+Lead me in the path of uprightness because of my foes.
12 Do not hand me over to my adversaries,*+For false witnesses have risen up against me,+And they threaten me with violence.
13 Where would I be if I did not have faithThat I would see Jehovah’s goodness in the land of the living?*+
14 Hope in Jehovah;+Be courageous and strong of heart.+
Yes, hope in Jehovah.
Footnotes
^ Or “to look contemplatively.”
^ Or “sanctuary.”
^ Or “make music.”
^ Or “to the soul of my adversaries.”
^ Or possibly, “Surely I do have faith that I will see Jehovah’s goodness in the land of the living.”