Psalm 27: The LORD Is My Light

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, my enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. ³Though an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, in this I will be confident. ⁴One thing I have desired of the LORD, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on 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 place of his tabernacle he shall hide me. He shall set me up upon a rock. ⁶And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me. Therefore I will offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy. I will sing — yes, I will sing praises to the LORD. ⁷Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice. Have mercy also upon me, and answer me. ⁸When you said, 'Seek my face,' my heart said to you, 'Your face, LORD, I will seek.' ⁹Do not hide your face far from me. Do not put your servant away in anger. You have been my help — do not leave me, 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 your way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of my enemies. ¹²Do not deliver me over to the will of my enemies, for false witnesses have risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. ¹³I would have 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 your heart. Wait, I say, on the LORD.