Psalm 27 — The Lord My Light and Saviour Is

The Lord my light and Saviour is;

Of whom then shall I fear?

The Lord is of my life the strength;

Who shall make me dismayed?

One thing I of the Lord desired,

And will seek to obtain,

That all days of my life I may

Within God's house remain;

That I the beauty of the Lord

Behold may and admire,

And that I in his holy place

May reverently inquire.

For in his pavilion he

Shall hide me in ill days;

In secret of his tent me hide,

And on a rock me raise.

And now, ev'n at this present time,

Mine head shall lifted be

Above all those that are my foes,

And round encompass me.

Therefore unto his tabernacle

I'll sacrifices bring

Of joyfulness; I'll sing, yea, I

Unto the Lord will sing.

Teach me thy way, O Lord, and make

Me walk in thy plain path,

Because of those mine enemies

That do observe me nigh.

I fainted had, unless that I

Believed had to see

The Lord's own goodness in the land

Of them that living be.

Wait on the Lord, and be thou strong,

And he shall strength afford

Unto thine heart; yea, do thou wait,

I say, upon the Lord.