{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/27","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T15:40:07.950Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":27,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":26,"nextChapter":28,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":14},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The psalm of David before he was anointed. The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid? "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Whilst the wicked draw near against me, to eat my flesh. My enemies that trouble me, have themselves been weakened, and have fallen. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"If armies in camp should stand together against me, my heart shall not fear. If a battle should rise up against me, in this will I be confident. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"One thing I have asked of the Lord, this will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. That I may see the delight of the Lord, and may visit his temple. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"For he hath hidden me in his tabernacle; in the day of evils, he hath protected me in the secret place of his tabernacle. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"He hath exalted me upon a rock: and now he hath lifted up my head above my enemies. I have gone round, and have offered up in his tabernacle a sacrifice of jubilation: I will sing, and recite a psalm to the Lord. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Hear, O Lord, my voice, with which I have cried to thee: have mercy on me and hear me. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"My heart hath said to thee: My face hath sought thee: thy face, O Lord, will I still seek. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Turn not away thy face from me; decline not in thy wrath from thy servant. Be thou my helper, forsake me not; do not thou despise me, O God my Saviour. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For my father and my mother have left me: but the Lord hath taken me up. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Set me, O Lord, a law in thy way, and guide me in the right path, because of my enemies. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Deliver me not over to the will of them that trouble me; for unjust witnesses have risen up against me; and iniquity hath lied to itself. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Expect the Lord, do manfully, and let thy heart take courage, and wait thou for the Lord. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 27 (DRB)","markdown":"[Psalms 27](https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/27)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/27 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}