1A Psalm of David. Yehovah is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Yehovah is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?
2When evildoers came upon me to eat up my flesh, Even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
3Though a host should encamp against me, My heart shall not fear: Though war should rise against me, Even then I will be confident.
4One thing I have asked of Yehovah, that I will seek after: That I may dwell in the house of Yehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Yehovah, And to inquire in his temple.
5For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion: In the covert of his tabernacle he will hide me; He will lift me up upon a rock.
6And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me; And I will offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to Yehovah.
7Hear, O Yehovah, 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, Yehovah, I will seek.
9Do not hide your face from me; Do not put your servant away in anger: You have been my help; Do not cast me off, nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.
10When my father and my mother forsake me, Then Yehovah will take me up.
11Teach me your way, O Yehovah; And lead me in a plain path, Because of my enemies.
12Do not deliver me over to the will of my adversaries: For false witnesses have risen up against me, And such as breathe out cruelty.
13I would have fainted, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of Yehovah In the land of the living.
14Wait for Yehovah: Be strong, and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for Yehovah.