Psalm 27

An Exuberant Declaration of Faith
 A Psalm of David.

¹ The 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?
² When the wicked came against me
 To eat up my flesh,
 My enemies and foes,
 They stumbled and fell.
³ Though an army may encamp against me,
 My heart shall not fear;
 Though war may rise against me,
 In this I will be confident.
⁴ One thing I have desired of the LORD,
 That will I seek:
 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.
⁵ For in the time of trouble
 He shall hide me in His pavilion;
 In the secret place of His tabernacle
 He shall hide me;
 He shall set me high upon a rock.
⁶ And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me;
 Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle;
 I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD.
⁷ Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice!
 Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
⁸ When You said, “Seek My face,”
 My heart said to You, “Your face, LORD, I will seek.”
⁹ Do not hide Your face from me;
 Do not turn Your servant away in anger;
 You have been my help;
 Do not leave me nor forsake me,
 O God of my salvation.
¹⁰ When my father and my mother forsake me,
 Then the LORD will take care of me.
¹¹ Teach me Your way, O LORD,
 And lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies.
¹² Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries;
 For false witnesses have risen against me,
 And such as breathe out violence.
¹³ I would have lost heart, unless I had believed
 That I would see the goodness of the LORD
 In the land of the living.
¹⁴ Wait on the LORD;
 Be of good courage,
 And He shall strengthen your heart;
 Wait, I say, on the LORD!