Psalms 27-29

Psalm 27

¹A Psalm of David. Jehovah is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

²When evil-doers, mine adversaries and mine enemies, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

³If a host encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; if war rise against me, in this will I be confident.

⁴One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Jehovah, and to inquire of him in his temple.

⁵For in the day of evil he will hide me in his pavilion; in the secret of his tent will he keep me concealed: he will set me high upon a rock.

⁶And now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me; and I will offer in his tent sacrifices of shouts of joy: I will sing, yea, I will sing psalms unto Jehovah.

⁷Hear, Jehovah; with my voice do I call; be gracious unto me, and answer me.

⁸My heart said for thee, Seek ye my face. Thy face, O Jehovah, will I seek.

⁹Hide not thy face from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

¹⁰For had my father and my mother forsaken me, then had Jehovah taken me up.

¹¹Teach me thy way, Jehovah, and lead me in an even path, because of mine enemies.

¹²Deliver me not over to the will of mine adversaries; for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out violence.

¹³Unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah in the land of the living ...!

¹⁴Wait for Jehovah; be strong and let thy heart take courage: yea, wait for Jehovah.

Psalm 28

¹A Psalm of David. Unto thee, Jehovah, do I call; my rock, be not silent unto me, lest, if thou keep silence toward me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

²Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward the oracle of thy holiness.

³Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbours, and mischief is in their heart.

⁴Give them according to their doing, and according to the wickedness of their deeds; give them after the work of their hands, render to them their desert.

⁵For they regard not the deeds of Jehovah, nor the work of his hands: he will destroy them, and not build them up.

⁶Blessed be Jehovah, for he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

⁷Jehovah is my strength and my shield; my heart confided in him, and I was helped: therefore my heart exulteth, and with my song will I praise him.

⁸Jehovah is their strength; and he is the stronghold of salvation to his anointed one.

⁹Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance; and feed them, and lift them up for ever.

Psalm 29

¹A Psalm of David. Give unto Jehovah, ye sons of the mighty ones, give unto Jehovah glory and strength;

²Give unto Jehovah the glory of his name; worship Jehovah in holy splendour.

³The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth, -- Jehovah upon great waters.

⁴The voice of Jehovah is powerful; the voice of Jehovah is full of majesty.

⁵The voice of Jehovah breaketh cedars; yea, Jehovah breaketh the cedars of Lebanon:

⁶And he maketh them to skip like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion like a young buffalo.

⁷The voice of Jehovah cleaveth out flames of fire.

⁸The voice of Jehovah shaketh the wilderness; Jehovah shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

⁹The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to calve, and layeth bare the forests; and in his temple doth every one say, Glory!

¹⁰Jehovah sitteth upon the flood; yea, Jehovah sitteth as king for ever.

¹¹Jehovah will give strength unto his people; Jehovah will bless his people with peace.