Psalms 27

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?

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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