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href="../psalms/26.htm" title="Psalm 26">◄</a> Psalm 27 <a href="../psalms/28.htm" title="Psalm 28">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/psalms/27.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> Is My Light and My Salvation</p><subheading class="psalm-title">Of David.</subheading><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/27-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is my light and my salvation;</span><br /><span class="indent">whom shall I fear?</span><br /><span class="ln-group">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is the stronghold<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or refuge">a</a></sup></span> of my life;</span><br /><span class="indent">of whom shall I be afraid?</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/27-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">When evildoers assail me</span><br /><span class="indent">to eat up my flesh,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">my adversaries and foes,</span><br /><span class="indent">it is they who stumble and fall.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/27-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Though an army encamp against me,</span><br /><span class="indent">my heart shall not fear;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">though war arise against me,</span><br /><span class="indent">yet<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or in this">b</a></sup></span> I will be confident.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/27-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">One thing have I asked of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent">that will I seek after:</span><br /><span class="ln-group">that I may dwell in the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span></span><br /><span class="indent">all the days of my life,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">to gaze upon the beauty of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span></span><br /><span class="indent">and to inquire<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or meditate">c</a></sup></span> in his temple.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/27-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For he will hide me in his shelter</span><br /><span class="indent">in the day of trouble;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">he will conceal me under the cover of his tent;</span><br /><span class="indent">he will lift me high upon a rock.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/27-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">And now my head shall be lifted up</span><br /><span class="indent">above my enemies all around me,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">and I will offer in his tent</span><br /><span class="indent">sacrifices with shouts of joy;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">I will sing and make melody to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/27-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Hear, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, when I cry aloud;</span><br /><span class="indent">be gracious to me and answer me!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/27-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">You have said, “Seek<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The command (seek) is addressed to more than one person">d</a></sup></span> my face.”</span><br /><span class="ln-group">My heart says to you,</span><br /><span class="indent">“Your face, <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, do I seek.”<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain">e</a></sup></span></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/27-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="indent">Hide not your face from me.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Turn not your servant away in anger,</span><br /><span class="indent">O you who have been my help.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Cast me not off; forsake me not,</span><br /><span class="indent">O God of my salvation!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/27-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For my father and my mother have forsaken me,</span><br /><span class="indent">but the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will take me in.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/27-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Teach me your way, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent">and lead me on a level path</span><br /><span class="indent">because of my enemies.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/27-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Give me not up to the will of my adversaries;</span><br /><span class="indent">for false witnesses have risen against me,</span><br /><span class="indent">and they breathe out violence.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/27-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I believe that I shall look<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Other Hebrew manuscripts Oh! Had I not believed that I would look">f</a></sup></span> upon the goodness of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span></span><br /><span class="indent">in the land of the living!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/27-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Wait for the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="indent">be strong, and let your heart take courage;</span><br /><span class="indent">wait for the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>!</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Or <i>refuge</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Or <i>in this</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> Or <i>meditate</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> The command (<i class="catch-word">seek</i>) is addressed to more than one person<br /><span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain<br /><span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> Other Hebrew manuscripts <i>Oh! 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