Psalm
Of David.
27 Jehovah is my light+ and my salvation.+
Of whom shall I be in fear?+
Jehovah is the stronghold of my life.+
Of whom shall I be in dread?+
2 When the evildoers approached against me to eat up my flesh,+
They being my adversaries and my enemies personally,+
They themselves stumbled and fell.+
3 Though against me an encampment should pitch tent,+
My heart will not fear.+
Though against me war should rise,+
Even then I shall be trusting.+
4 One thing I have asked from Jehovah+—
It is what I shall look for,+
That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life,+
To behold the pleasantness of Jehovah+
5 For he will hide me in his covert in the day of calamity;+
He will conceal me in the secret place of his tent;+
High on a rock he will put me.+
6 And now my head will be high above my enemies all around me;+
And I will sacrifice at his tent sacrifices of joyful shouting;+
I will sing and make melody to Jehovah.+
8 Concerning you my heart has said: “Seek to find my face,+ YOU people.”
Your face, O Jehovah, I shall seek to find.+
9 Do not conceal your face from me.+
Do not in anger turn your servant away.+
My assistance you must become.+
Do not forsake me and do not leave me, O my God of salvation.+
11 Instruct me, O Jehovah, in your way,+
And lead me in the path of uprightness on account of my foes.
12 Do not give me over to the soul of my adversaries;+
For against me false witnesses have risen up,+
And he who launches forth violence.+
13 If I had not* had faith in seeing the goodness of Jehovah in the land of those alive+—!