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Psalm 27

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?
       ²When the wicked came against me
        To eat up my flesh,
        My enemies and foes,
        They stumbled and fell.
       ³Though an army may encamp against me,
        My heart shall not fear;
        Though war may rise against me,
        In this I will be confident.

       ⁴One 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.
       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 high upon a rock.

       ⁶And 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.

       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 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.
       ¹⁰When my father and my mother forsake me,
        Then the LORD will take care of me.

       ¹¹Teach me Your way, O LORD,
        And lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies.
       ¹²Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries;
        For false witnesses have risen against me,
        And such as breathe out violence.
       ¹³I would have lost heart, unless I had believed
        That I would 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!