27:1 By David.

The Lord delivers and vindicates me! ² 

I fear no one! ³ 

The Lord protects my life!

I am afraid of no one! ⁴ 

27:2 When evil men attack me ⁵ 

to devour my flesh, ⁶ 

when my adversaries and enemies attack me, ⁷ 

they stumble and fall. ⁸ 

27:3 Even when an army is deployed against me,

I do not fear. ⁹ 

Even when war is imminent, ¹⁰ 

I remain confident. ¹¹ 

27:4 I have asked the Lord for one thing –

this is what I desire!

I want to live ¹²  in the Lord’s house ¹³  all the days of my life,

so I can gaze at the splendor ¹⁴  of the Lord

and contemplate in his temple.

27:5 He will surely ¹⁵  give me shelter ¹⁶  in the day of danger; ¹⁷ 

he will hide me in his home; ¹⁸ 

he will place me ¹⁹  on an inaccessible rocky summit. ²⁰ 

27:6 Now I will triumph

over my enemies who surround me! ²¹ 

I will offer sacrifices in his dwelling place and shout for joy! ²² 

I will sing praises to the Lord!

27:7 Hear me, ²³  O Lord, when I cry out!

Have mercy on me and answer me!

27:8 My heart tells me to pray to you, ²⁴ 

and I do pray to you, O Lord. ²⁵ 

27:9 Do not reject me! ²⁶ 

Do not push your servant away in anger!

You are my deliverer! ²⁷ 

Do not forsake or abandon me,

O God who vindicates me!

27:10 Even if my father and mother abandoned me, ²⁸ 

the Lord would take me in. ²⁹ 

27:11 Teach me how you want me to live; ³⁰ 

lead me along a level path ³¹  because of those who wait to ambush me! ³² 

27:12 Do not turn me over to my enemies, ³³ 

for false witnesses who want to destroy me testify against me. ³⁴ 

27:13 Where would I be if I did not believe I would experience

the Lord’s favor in the land of the living? ³⁵ 

27:14 Rely ³⁶  on the Lord!

Be strong and confident! ³⁷ 

Rely on the Lord!