Psalm 27

The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation

¹The Lord is my light and my salvation;

whom shall I fear?

The Lord is the strength of my life;

of whom shall I be afraid?

²When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes,

came upon me to eat up my flesh,

they stumbled and fell.

³Though a host should encamp against me,

my heart shall not fear:

though war should rise against me,

in this will I be confident.

⁴One thing have I desired of the Lord ,

that will I seek after;

that I may dwell in the house of the Lord

all the days of my life,

to behold the beauty of the Lord ,

and to inquire in his temple.

⁵For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion:

in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me;

he shall set me up upon a rock.

⁶And now shall mine head be lifted up

above mine enemies round about me:

therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy;

I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord .

⁷Hear, O Lord , when I cry with my voice:

have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

⁸When thou saidst , Seek ye my face;

my heart said unto thee,

Thy face, Lord , will I seek.

⁹Hide not thy face far from me;

put not thy servant away in anger:

thou hast been my help;

leave me not, neither forsake me,

O God of my salvation.

¹⁰When my father and my mother forsake me,

then the Lord will take me up.

¹¹Teach me thy way, O Lord ,

and lead me in a plain path,

because of mine enemies.

¹²Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies:

for false witnesses are risen up against me,

and such as breathe out cruelty.

¹³I had fainted , unless I had believed

to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

¹⁴Wait on the Lord :

be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart:

wait, I say, on the Lord .