{"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/web/psalms/27","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T01:58:52.100Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":27,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":26,"nextChapter":28,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":14},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Though an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, even then I will be confident."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after, that I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, to see Yahweh's beauty, and to inquire in his temple."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the covert of his tabernacle he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Now 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 Yahweh."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Hear, Yahweh, when I cry with my voice. Have mercy also on me, and answer me."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"When you said, |Seek my face,| my heart said to you, |I will seek your face, Yahweh.|"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Don'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."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"When my father and my mother forsake me, then Yahweh will take me up."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Teach me your way, Yahweh. Lead me in a straight path, because of my enemies."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Don't deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh. By David."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 27 (WEB)","markdown":"[Psalms 27](https://primebible.com/web/psalms/27)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/psalms/27 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}