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id="topheading"><a 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">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/psalms/27.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="psalmheading">Davidic</p><p class="heading">Confidence in the LORD</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/27-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The LORD is my light and my salvation—</p> <p class="poetry2">whom will I fear?</p> <p class="poetry2">The LORD is the strength of my life;</p> <p class="poetry2">of whom will I be afraid?</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/27-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>When those who practice evil, my enemies, and my oppressors</p> <p class="poetry2">come near me to devour my flesh,</p> <p class="poetry2">they stumble and fall.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/27-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>If an army encamps against me,</p> <p class="poetry2">my heart will not fear.</p> <p class="poetry2">If a war is launched against me,</p> <p class="poetry2">I will even trust in that situation.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/27-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I have asked one thing from the LORD;</p> <p class="poetry2">it is what I really seek:</p> <p class="poetry2">that I may remain in the LORD’s Temple</p> <p class="poetry2">all the days of my life,</p> <p class="poetry2">to gaze on the beauty of the LORD;</p> <p class="poetry2">and to inquire in his Temple.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/27-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For he will conceal me in his shelter on the day of evil;</p> <p class="poetry2">He will hide me in a secluded chamber within his tent;</p> <p class="poetry2">He will place me on a high rock.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/27-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies,</p> <p class="poetry2">even those who surround me.</p> <p class="poetry2">I will sacrifice in his tent with shouts of joy;</p> <p class="poetry2">I will sing and make melodies to the LORD.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/27-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Hear my voice, LORD, when I cry out!</p> <p class="poetry2">Be gracious to me and answer me.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/27-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>My mind recalls your word,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="27:8 The Heb. lacks your word">a</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">“Seek my face,”</p> <p class="poetry2">so your face, LORD, I will seek.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/27-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Do not hide your face from me;</p> <p class="poetry2">do not turn away in anger from your servant.</p> <p class="poetry2">You have been my help,</p> <p class="poetry2">therefore do not abandon or forsake me,</p> <p class="poetry2">God of my salvation.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/27-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Though my father and my mother abandoned me,</p> <p class="poetry2">the LORD gathers me up.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/27-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Teach me your way, LORD,</p> <p class="poetry2">and lead me on a level path because of my enemies.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/27-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Do not hand me over to the desires of my enemies;</p> <p class="poetry2">for false witnesses have risen up against me;</p> <p class="poetry2">even the one who breathes out violence.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/27-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>I believe that I will see the LORD’s goodness</p> <p class="poetry2">in the land of the living.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/27-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Wait on the LORD.</p> <p class="poetry2">Be courageous, and he will strengthen your heart.</p> <p class="poetry2">Wait on the LORD!</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 27:8 The Heb. lacks <i>your word</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div 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