Of David.
Psalm 27:
1 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
And to look with appreciation upon his temple.
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.
7 Hear, O Jehovah, when I call with my voice,
And show me favor and answer me.
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.
10 In case my own father and my own mother did leave me,
Even Jehovah himself would take me up.
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―!
14 Hope in Jehovah; be courageous and let your heart be strong.
Yes, hope in Jehovah.