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Psalms 27

1 David maketh this psalme being delivered from great perils, as appeareth by the praises and thanksgiving annexed: 6 Wherein we may se the constant faith of David against the assaults of all his enemies, 7 And also the end wherefore he desireth to live and to be delivered, only to worship God in his Congregation.
1.The Lord is my alight and my salvation, whom shal I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life, of whom shal I be afraid?
2.When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes came upon me to eat up my flesh they stumbled and fell.
3.Though an host pitched against me, mine heart should not be afraid: though war be raised against me, I wil trust in bthis.
4.cOne thing have I desired of the Lord, that I wil require, even 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 visit his Temple.
5.For in the time of trouble he shal hide me in his Tabernacle: in the secret place of his pavilion shal he hide me, and set me up upon a rock.
6.dAnd now shal he lift up mine head above mine enemies round about me: therefore wil I offer in his Tabernacle sacrifices of joy: I wil sing and praise the Lord.
7.Hearken unto my voice, ô Lord, when I cry: have mercy also upon me and hear me.
8.When thou saidest, eSeek ye my face, mine heart answered unto thee, O Lord, I wil seek thy face.
9.Hide not therefore thy face from me, nor cast thy servant away in displeasure: thou hast been my succour: leave me not, neither forsake me, ô God of my salvation.
10.fThough my father and my mother should forsake me, yet the Lord wil gather me up.
11.Teach me thy way, ô Lord, and lead me in a right path, because of mine enemies.
12.Give me not unto the glust of mine adversaries: for there are false witnesses risen up against me, and such as speak cruelly.
13.I should have fainted, except I had believed to see the goodness of the hLord in the land of the living.
14.iHope in the Lord: be strong, and he shal comfort thine heart, and trust in the Lord.

Notes

1-a.
Because he was assured of good success in all his dangers, and that his salvation was surely laid up in God, he feared not the tyranny of his enemies.
3-b.
That God will deliver me, and give my faith the victory.
4-c.
The loss of country, wife and all worldly commodities grieve me not in respect of this one thing, that I may not praise your Name in the middes of the Congregation.
6-d.
David assured himself by the Spirit of prophecy that he should overcome his enemies and serve God in his Tabernacle.
8-e.
He grounds upon God's promise and shows that he is most willing to obey his commandment.
10-f.
He magnifies God's love towards his, which far passes the most tender love of parents toward their children.
12-g.
But either pacify their wrath, or bridle their rage.
13-h.
In this present life before I die, as Is. 38.11.
14-i.
He exhorts himself to depend on the Lord, seeing he never failed in his promises.