1 T he Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?

By David. Jehovah my light and my salvation, Whom do I fear? Jehovah the strength of my life, Of whom am I afraid?

2 W hen the wicked came against me To eat up my flesh, My enemies and foes, They stumbled and fell.

When evil doers come near to me to eat my flesh, My adversaries and mine enemies to me, They have stumbled and fallen.

3 T hough an army may encamp against me, My heart shall not fear; Though war may rise against me, In this I will be confident.

Though a host doth encamp against me, My heart doth not fear, Though war riseth up against me, In this I confident.

4 O ne thing I have desired of the Lord, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord, And to inquire in His temple.

One I asked of Jehovah -- it I seek. My dwelling in the house of Jehovah, All the days of my life, To look on the pleasantness of Jehovah, And to inquire in His temple.

5 F or in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock.

For He hideth me in a tabernacle in the day of evil, He hideth me in a secret place of His tent, On a rock he raiseth me up.

6 A nd now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me; Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.

And now, lifted up is my head, Above my enemies -- my surrounders, And I sacrifice in His tent sacrifices of shouting, I sing, yea, I sing praise to Jehovah.

7 H ear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice! Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

Hear, O Jehovah, my voice -- I call, And favour me, and answer me.

8 W hen You said, “Seek My face,” My heart said to You, “Your face, Lord, I will seek.”

To Thee said my heart `They sought my face, Thy face, O Jehovah, I seek.'

9 D o not hide Your face from me; Do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not leave me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.

Hide not Thy face from me, Turn not aside in anger Thy servant, My help Thou hast been. Leave me not, nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.

10 W hen my father and my mother forsake me, Then the Lord will take care of me.

When my father and my mother Have forsaken me, then doth Jehovah gather me.

11 T each me Your way, O Lord, And lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies.

Shew me, O Jehovah, Thy way, And lead me in a path of uprightness, For the sake of my beholders.

12 D o not deliver me to the will of my adversaries; For false witnesses have risen against me, And such as breathe out violence.

Give me not to the will of my adversaries, For risen against me have false witnesses, And they breathe out violence to me.

13 I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living.

I had not believed to look on the goodness of Jehovah In the land of the living!

14 W ait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord!

Look unto Jehovah -- be strong, And He doth strengthen thy heart, Yea, look unto Jehovah!