Psalm 27-29

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² When evildoers assail me
    to ^(D)eat up my flesh,
my adversaries and foes,
    it is they who stumble and fall.

^3 (E)Though an army encamp against me,
    my heart shall not fear;
though war arise against me,
    yet^[b] I will be confident.

^4 (F)One thing have I asked of the Lord,
    that will I seek after:
that I may ^(G)dwell in the house of the Lord
    all the days of my life,
to gaze upon ^(H)the beauty of the Lord
    and to inquire^[c] in his temple.

⁵ For he will ^(I)hide me in his shelter
    in the day of trouble;
he will conceal me under the cover of his tent;
    he will ^(J)lift me high upon a rock.

⁶ And now my ^(K)head shall be lifted up
    above my enemies all around me,
and I will offer in his tent
    sacrifices with shouts of ^(L)joy;
^(M)I will sing and make melody to the Lord.

^7 (N)Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud;
    be gracious to me and answer me!
⁸ You have said, ^(O)“Seek^[d] my face.”
My heart says to you,
    “Your face, Lord, do I seek.”^{[e]
9     (P)}Hide not your face from me.
Turn not your servant away in anger,
    O you who have been my help.
Cast me not off; forsake me not,
    ^(Q)O God of my salvation!
¹⁰ For ^(R)my father and my mother have forsaken me,
    but the Lord will ^(S)take me in.

^11 (T)Teach me your way, O Lord,
    and lead me on ^(U)a level path
    because of my enemies.
^12 (V)Give me not up to the will of my adversaries;
    for ^(W)false witnesses have risen against me,
    and they ^(X)breathe out violence.

¹³ I believe that I shall look^[f] upon ^(Y)the goodness of the Lord
    in ^(Z)the land of the living!
^14 (AA)Wait for the Lord;
    ^(AB)be strong, and let your heart take courage;
    wait for the Lord!

³ Do not ^(AI)drag me off with the wicked,
    with the workers of evil,
^(AJ)who speak peace with their neighbors
    while evil is in their hearts.
^4 (AK)Give to them according to their work
    and according to the evil of their deeds;
give to them according to the work of their hands;
    ^(AL)render them their due reward.
⁵ Because they ^(AM)do not regard the works of the Lord
    or the work of his hands,
he will tear them down and build them up no more.

⁶ Blessed be the Lord!
    For he has ^(AN)heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.
⁷ The Lord is my strength and ^(AO)my shield;
    in him my heart ^(AP)trusts, and I am helped;
my heart exults,
    and with my ^(AQ)song I give thanks to him.

⁸ The Lord is the strength of his people;^[h]
    he is ^(AR)the saving refuge of his anointed.
⁹ Oh, save your people and bless ^(AS)your heritage!
    ^(AT)Be their shepherd and ^(AU)carry them forever.

³ The voice of the Lord is over ^(AX)the waters;
    the God of glory ^(AY)thunders,
    the Lord, over many waters.
⁴ The voice of the Lord is ^(AZ)powerful;
    the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.

⁵ The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
    the Lord breaks ^(BA)the cedars of Lebanon.
⁶ He makes Lebanon to ^(BB)skip like a calf,
    and ^(BC)Sirion like a young ^(BD)wild ox.

⁷ The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire.
⁸ The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;
    the Lord shakes the wilderness of ^(BE)Kadesh.

⁹ The voice of the Lord makes ^(BF)the deer give birth^[k]
    and strips the forests bare,
    and in his temple all cry, “Glory!”

¹⁰ The Lord sits enthroned over ^(BG)the flood;
    the Lord sits enthroned ^(BH)as king forever.
¹¹ May the Lord give ^(BI)strength to his people!
    May the Lord bless^[l] his people with ^(BJ)peace!