Psalm 27 – If God is for Me

A psalm of David.

27 The Lord is my light and my saviour;

whom then should I fear?

The Lord protects my life;

whom then should I dread?

2 When the wicked drew near to assail me

and eat up my flesh,

it was those who distressed and opposed me

who stumbled and fell.

3 Though against me a host should encamp,

yet my heart would be fearless:

though battle should rise up against me,

still would I be trustful.

4 One thing have I asked of the Lord,

and that do I long for –

To live in the house of the Lord

all the days of my life,

to gaze on the grace of the Lord

and inquire in his temple.

5 For he will hide me in his shelter

in the day of misfortune.

In his sheltering tent he hides me:

he lifts me up on a rock.

6 And now that my head he has lifted

above my encircling foes,

I will march round the altar and sacrifice,

shouting with joy, in his tent,

making music and song to the Lord.