By David.
1The 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?
2When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh,
even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
3Though an army should encamp against me,
my heart shall not fear.
Though war should rise against me,
even then I will be confident.
4One thing I have asked of the Lord, that I will seek after:
that I may dwell in the Lord’s house all the days of my life,
to see the Lord’s beauty,
and to inquire in His temple.
5For in the day of trouble, He will keep me secretly in His pavilion.
In the secret place of His tabernacle, He will hide me.
He will lift me up on a rock.
6Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me.
I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tent.
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.
7Hear, Lord, when I cry with my voice.
Have mercy also on me, and answer me.
8When You said, “Seek My face,”
my heart said to You, “I will seek Your face, Lord.”
9Don’t hide Your face from me.
Don’t put Your servant away in anger.
You have been my help.
Don’t abandon me,
neither forsake me, God of my salvation.
10When my father and my mother forsake me,
then the Lord will take me up.
11Teach me Your way, Lord.
Lead me in a straight path, because of my enemies.
12Don’t deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries,
for false witnesses have risen up against me,
such as breathe out cruelty.
13I am still confident of this:
I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
14Wait for the Lord.
Be strong, and let your heart take courage.
Yes, wait for the Lord.
1Psalmus David, priusquam liniretur. Dominus illuminatio mea et salus mea: quem timebo? Dominus protector vitæ meæ: a quo trepidabo? 2Dum appropiant super me nocentes ut edant carnes meas, qui tribulant me inimici mei, ipsi infirmati sunt et ceciderunt. 3Si consistant adversum me castra, non timebit cor meum; si exsurgat adversum me prælium, in hoc ego sperabo. 4Unam petii a Domino, hanc requiram, ut inhabitem in domo Domini omnibus diebus vitæ meæ; ut videam voluptatem Domini, et visitem templum ejus. 5Quoniam abscondit me in tabernaculo suo; in die malorum protexit me in abscondito tabernaculi sui. 6In petra exaltavit me, et nunc exaltavit caput meum super inimicos meos. Circuivi, et immolavi in tabernaculo ejus hostiam vociferationis; cantabo, et psalmum dicam Domino. 7Exaudi, Domine, vocem meam, qua clamavi ad te; miserere mei, et exaudi me. 8Tibi dixit cor meum: Exquisivit te facies mea; faciem tuam, Domine, requiram. 9Ne avertas faciem tuam a me; ne declines in ira a servo tuo. Adjutor meus esto; ne derelinquas me, neque despicias me, Deus salutaris meus. 10Quoniam pater meus et mater mea dereliquerunt me; Dominus autem assumpsit me. 11Legem pone mihi, Domine, in via tua, et dirige me in semitam rectam, propter inimicos meos. 12Ne tradideris me in animas tribulantium me, quoniam insurrexerunt in me testes iniqui, et mentita est iniquitas sibi. 13Credo videre bona Domini in terra viventium. 14Expecta Dominum, viriliter age: et confortetur cor tuum, et sustine Dominum.