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Psalm 27

Dauid maketh this pſalme being deliuered from great perils, as appeareth by the praiſes and thankeſgiuing annexed: 6 Wherein we may ſe the conſtant faith of Dauid againſt the aſſaltes of all his enemies, 7 And alſo the end wherefore he deſireth to liue and to be deliuered, onely to worſhip God in his Congregation.
¶ A Pſalme of Dauid.
1.THe Lord is my light and my ſaluation, whome ſhal I feare? the Lord is the ſtrength of my life, of whome ſhal I be afraid?
2.When the wicked, euen mine enemies and my foes came vpon me to eat vp my fleſh they ſtumbled and fel.
3.Thogh an hoſte pitched againſt me, mine heart ſhulde not be afraid: thogh warre be raiſed againſt me, I wil truſt in this.
4.One thing haue I deſired of the Lord, that I wil require, euen that I may dwel in the houſe of the Lord all the dayes of my life, to beholde the beautie of the Lord, & to viſite his Temple.
5.For in the time of trouble he ſhal hide me in his Tabernacle: in the ſecret place of his pauilion ſhal he hide me, & ſet me vp vpon a rocke.
6.And now ſhal he lift vp mine head aboue mine enemies roũd about me: therefore wil I offer in his Tabernacle ſacrifices of ioye: I wil ſing and praiſe the Lord.
7.Hearken vnto my voice, ô Lord, when I crye: haue mercie alſo vpon me and heare me.
8.When thou ſaideſt, Seke ye my face, mine heart anſwered vnto thee, O Lord, I wil ſeke thy face.
9.Hide not therefore thy face from me, nor caſt thy ſeruant awaie in diſpleaſure: thou haſt bene my ſuccour: leaue me not, nether forſake me, ô God of my ſaluation.
10.Thogh my father and my mother ſhulde forſake me, yet the Lord wil gather me vp.
11.Teache me thy waie, ô Lord, and leade me in a right path, becauſe of mine enemies.
12.Giue me not vnto the luſt of mine aduerſaries: for there are falſe witneſſes riſe vp againſt me, & ſuche as ſpeake cruelly.
13.I ſhulde haue fainted, except I had beleued to ſee the goodnes of the Lord in the land of the liuing.
14.Hope in the Lord: be ſtrong, & he ſhal comfort thine heart, & truſt in the Lord.

Notes

1:a.
Becauſe he was aſſured of good ſucceſſe in all his dangers, and that his ſaluation was ſurely laid vp ĩ God, he feared not the tyrãnie of his enemies
3:b.
That God wil deliuer me, & giue my faith y victorie
4:c.
The loſſe of countrie, wife & all worldely commodities greue me not in reſpect of this one thĩg, that I may not praiſe thy Name in the middes of the Cõgregacion
6:d.
Dauid aſſured him ſelfe by the Spirit of prophecie that he ſhulde ouercome his enemies and ſerue God in his Tabernacle.
8:e.
He groundeth vpõ Gods promes & ſheweth that he is moſt willing to obey his cõmandement.
10:f.
He magnifieth Gods loue towards his, which farre paſſeth the moſt tender loue of parẽts towards their children
12:g.
But ether pacifie their wrath, or bridel their rage.
13:h.
In this preſent life before I dye, as Iſa. 38,11
14:i.
He exhorteth him ſelf to depẽde on y Lord, ſeing he neuer failed in his promiſes.