Psalm 27 — Legacy Standard Bible

Yahweh Is My Light and My Salvation

Of David.

Yahweh is my ^alight and my ^bsalvation;Whom shall I fear?Yahweh is the ¹^,^cstrong defense of my life;^dWhom shall I dread?²When evildoers came upon me to ^adevour my flesh,My adversaries and my enemies, they ^bstumbled and fell.³Though a ^ahost encamp against me,My heart will not fear;Though war arise against me,In this I ^btrust.⁴^aOne thing I have asked from Yahweh, that I shall seek:That I may ^bdwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life,To behold ^cthe ¹beauty of YahwehAnd to ^dinquire in His temple.⁵For in the ^aday of calamity He will ^bconceal me in His shelter;In the secret place of His tent He will ^chide me;He will ^dlift me up on a rock.⁶And now ^amy head will be lifted up above my enemies around me,And I will offer in His tent ^bsacrifices with loud shouts of joy;I will ^csing, and I will sing praises to Yahweh.⁷^aHear, O Yahweh, when I call with my voice,And be gracious to me and ^banswer me.⁸On Your behalf my heart says, “^aSeek My face,”“Your face, O Yahweh, ^bI shall seek.”⁹^aDo not hide Your face from me,Do not turn Your slave away in ^banger;You have been ^cmy help;^dDo not abandon me and do not ^eforsake me,O God of my salvation!¹⁰¹For my father and ^amy mother have forsaken me,But ^bYahweh will take me up.¹¹^aInstruct me in Your way, O Yahweh,And lead me in a ^blevel pathBecause of ¹my foes.¹²Do not give me over to the ¹^,^adesire of my adversaries,For ^bfalse witnesses have risen against me,And such as ^cbreathe out violence.¹³¹I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the ^agoodness of YahwehIn the ^bland of the living.¹⁴^aHope in Yahweh;Be ^bstrong and let your heart take courage;Hope in Yahweh.