Yahweh Is My Light and My Salvation

¹Yahweh is my light and my salvation;

Whom shall I fear?

Yahweh is the strong defense of my life;

Whom shall I dread?

²When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh,

My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.

³Though a host encamp against me,

My heart will not fear;

Though war arise against me,

In this I trust.

⁴¶One thing I have asked from Yahweh, that I shall seek:

That I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life,

To behold the beauty of Yahweh

And to inquire in His temple.

⁵For in the day of calamity He will conceal me in His shelter;

In the secret place of His tent He will hide me;

He will lift me up on a rock.

⁶And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me,

And I will offer in His tent sacrifices with loud shouts of joy;

I will sing, and I will sing praises to Yahweh.

⁷¶Hear, O Yahweh, when I call with my voice,

And be gracious to me and answer me.

⁸On Your behalf my heart says, “Seek My face,”

“Your face, O Yahweh, I shall seek.”

⁹Do not hide Your face from me,

Do not turn Your slave away in anger;

You have been my help;

Do not abandon me and do not forsake me,

O God of my salvation!

¹⁰For my father and my mother have forsaken me,[#27:10 Or If my father...forsake me, Then Yahweh]

But Yahweh will take me up.

¹¹¶Instruct me in Your way, O Yahweh,

And lead me in a level path

Because of my foes.

¹²Do not give me over to the desire of my adversaries,[#27:12 Lit soul]

For false witnesses have risen against me,

And such as breathe out violence.

¹³I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of Yahweh[#27:13 Or If I had not believed]

In the land of the living.

¹⁴Hope in Yahweh;

Be strong and let your heart take courage;

Hope in Yahweh.