Psalms 27

1 Jehovah is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

1A psalm for David himself. Unto thee will I cry, O Lord: O my God, be not thou silent to me: lest if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

1By David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my light and my salvation, Whom do I fear? Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the strength of my life, Of whom am I afraid?

2 When evil-doers, mine adversaries and mine enemies, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

2Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee; when I lift up my hands to thy holy temple.

2When evil doers come near to me to eat my flesh, My adversaries and mine enemies to me, They have stumbled and fallen.

3 If a host encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; if war rise against me, in this will I be confident.

3Draw me not away together with the wicked; and with the workers of iniquity destroy me not: Who speak peace with their neighbour, but evils are in their hearts.

3Though a host doth encamp against me, My heart doth not fear, Though war riseth up against me, In this I <FI>am<Fi> confident.

4 One [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 [of him] in his temple.

4Give them according to their works, and according to the wickedness of their inventions. According to the works of their hands give thou to them: render to them their reward.

4One <FI>thing<Fi> I asked of Jehovah--it I seek. My dwelling in the house of Jehovah, All the days of my life, To look on the pleasantness of Jehovah, And to inquire in His temple.

5 For in the day of evil he will hide me in his pavilion; in the secret of his tent will he keep me concealed: he will set me high upon a rock.

5Because they have not understood the works of the Lord, and the operations of his hands: thou shalt destroy them, and shalt not build them up.

5For He hideth me in a tabernacle in the day of evil, He hideth me in a secret place of His tent, On a rock he raiseth me up.

6 And now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me; and I will offer in his tent sacrifices of shouts of joy: I will sing, yea, I will sing psalms unto Jehovah.

6Blessed be the Lord, for he hath heard the voice of my supplication.

6And now, lifted up is my head, Above my enemies--my surrounders, And I sacrifice in His tent sacrifices of shouting, I sing, yea, I sing praise to Jehovah.

7 Hear, Jehovah; with my voice do I call; be gracious unto me, and answer me.

7The Lord is my helper and my protector: in him hath my heart confided, and I have been helped. And my flesh hath flourished again, and with my will I will give praise to him.

7Hear, O Jehovah, my voice--I call, And favour me, and answer me.

8 My heart said for thee, Seek ye my face. Thy face, O Jehovah, will I seek.

8The Lord is the strength of his people, and the protector of the salvation of his anointed.

8To Thee said my heart `They sought my face, Thy face, O Jehovah, I seek.'

9 Hide not thy face from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; cast me not off, neither forsake me, OGod of my salvation.

9Save, O Lord, thy people, and bless thy inheritance: and rule them and exalt them for ever.

9Hide not Thy face from me, Turn not aside in anger Thy servant, My help Thou hast been. Leave me not, nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.

10 For had my father and my mother forsaken me, then had Jehovah taken me up.

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10When my father and my mother Have forsaken me, then doth Jehovah gather me.

11 Teach me thy way, Jehovah, and lead me in an even path, because of mine enemies.

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11Shew me, O Jehovah, Thy way, And lead me in a path of uprightness, For the sake of my beholders.

12 Deliver me not over to the will of mine adversaries; for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out violence.

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12Give me not to the will of my adversaries, For risen against me have false witnesses, And they breathe out violence to me.

13 Unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah in the land of the living...!

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13I had not believed to look on the goodness of Jehovah In the land of the living!

14 Wait for Jehovah; be strong and let thy heart take courage: yea, wait for Jehovah.

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14Look unto Jehovah--be strong, And He doth strengthen thy heart, Yea, look unto Jehovah!