Psalm 27:7-31:5

English Standard Version

^7 (A)Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud;
    be gracious to me and answer me!
⁸ You have said, ^(B)“Seek^[a] my face.”
My heart says to you,
    “Your face, Lord, do I seek.”^{[b]
9     (C)}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,
    ^(D)O God of my salvation!
¹⁰ For ^(E)my father and my mother have forsaken me,
    but the Lord will ^(F)take me in.

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

¹³ I believe that I shall look^[c] upon ^(L)the goodness of the Lord
    in ^(M)the land of the living!
^14 (N)Wait for the Lord;
    ^(O)be strong, and let your heart take courage;
    wait for the Lord!

³ Do not ^(V)drag me off with the wicked,
    with the workers of evil,
^(W)who speak peace with their neighbors
    while evil is in their hearts.
^4 (X)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;
    ^(Y)render them their due reward.
⁵ Because they ^(Z)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 ^(AA)heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.
⁷ The Lord is my strength and ^(AB)my shield;
    in him my heart ^(AC)trusts, and I am helped;
my heart exults,
    and with my ^(AD)song I give thanks to him.

⁸ The Lord is the strength of his people;^[e]
    he is ^(AE)the saving refuge of his anointed.
⁹ Oh, save your people and bless ^(AF)your heritage!
    ^(AG)Be their shepherd and ^(AH)carry them forever.

³ The voice of the Lord is over ^(AK)the waters;
    the God of glory ^(AL)thunders,
    the Lord, over many waters.
⁴ The voice of the Lord is ^(AM)powerful;
    the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.

⁵ The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
    the Lord breaks ^(AN)the cedars of Lebanon.
⁶ He makes Lebanon to ^(AO)skip like a calf,
    and ^(AP)Sirion like a young ^(AQ)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 ^(AR)Kadesh.

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

¹⁰ The Lord sits enthroned over ^(AT)the flood;
    the Lord sits enthroned ^(AU)as king forever.
¹¹ May the Lord give ^(AV)strength to his people!
    May the Lord bless^[i] his people with ^(AW)peace!

⁴ Sing praises to the Lord, O you ^(BE)his saints,
    and ^(BF)give thanks to his holy name.^[k]
5 (BG)For his anger is but for a moment,
    and ^(BH)his favor is for a lifetime.^[l]
(BI)Weeping may tarry for the night,
    but ^(BJ)joy comes with the morning.

⁶ As for me, I said in my ^(BK)prosperity,
    “I shall never be ^(BL)moved.”
⁷ By your favor, O Lord,
    you made my ^(BM)mountain stand strong;
you ^(BN)hid your face;
    I was ^(BO)dismayed.

⁸ To you, O Lord, I cry,
    and ^(BP)to the Lord I plead for mercy:
⁹ “What profit is there in my death,^[m]
    if I go down to the pit?^[n]
Will ^(BQ)the dust praise you?
    Will it tell of your faithfulness?
^10 (BR)Hear, O Lord, and be merciful to me!
    O Lord, be my helper!”

¹¹ You have turned for me my mourning into ^(BS)dancing;
    you have loosed my sackcloth
    and clothed me with gladness,
¹² that my ^(BT)glory may sing your praise and not be silent.
    O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever!

³ For you are my rock and my fortress;
    and for your ^(CA)name's sake you lead me and guide me;
⁴ you ^(CB)take me out of ^(CC)the net they have hidden for me,
    for you are my ^(CD)refuge.
^5 (CE)Into your hand I commit my spirit;
    you have redeemed me, O Lord, ^(CF)faithful God.