| The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000. | | The Psalms | | 27 |
The LORD Is My Light and My Salvation |
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The LORD is my light and my salvation;
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whom shall I fear? |
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The LORD is the strength of my life; |
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of whom shall I be afraid? |
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When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes,
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came upon me to eat up my flesh, |
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they stumbled and fell. |
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Though a host should encamp against me,
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my heart shall not fear: |
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though war should rise against me, |
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in this will I be confident. |
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One thing have I desired of the LORD,
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that will I seek after; |
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that I may dwell in the house of the LORD |
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all the days of my life, |
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to behold the beauty of the LORD, |
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and to inquire in his temple. |
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For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion:
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in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; |
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he shall set me up upon a rock. |
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And now shall mine head be lifted up
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above mine enemies round about me: |
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therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; |
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I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. |
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Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice:
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have mercy also upon me, and answer me. |
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When thou saidst, Seek ye my face;
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my heart said unto thee, |
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Thy face, LORD, will I seek. |
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Hide not thy face far from me;
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put not thy servant away in anger: |
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thou hast been my help; |
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leave me not, neither forsake me, |
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O God of my salvation. |
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When my father and my mother forsake me,
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then the LORD will take me up. |
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Teach me thy way, O LORD,
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and lead me in a plain path, |
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because of mine enemies. |
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Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies:
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for false witnesses are risen up against me, |
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and such as breathe out cruelty. |
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I had fainted, unless I had believed
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to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. |
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Wait on the LORD:
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be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: |
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wait, I say, on the LORD. |
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