{"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/ylt/psalms/27","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T01:20:17.664Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":27,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":26,"nextChapter":28,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":14},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"By David. Jehovah is my light and my salvation, Whom do I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life, Of whom am I afraid?"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"When evil doers come near to me to eat my flesh, My adversaries and mine enemies to me, They have stumbled and fallen."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Though a host doth encamp against me, My heart doth not fear, Though war riseth up against me, In this I am confident."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"One thing I asked of Jehovah — it I seek. My dwelling in the house of Jehovah, All the days of my life, To look on the pleasantness of Jehovah, And to inquire in His temple."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"For He hideth me in a tabernacle in the day of evil, He hideth me in a secret place of His tent, On a rock he raiseth me up."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And now, lifted up is my head, Above my enemies — my surrounders, And I sacrifice in His tent sacrifices of shouting, I sing, yea, I sing praise to Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Hear, O Jehovah, my voice — I call, And favour me, and answer me."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"To Thee said my heart 'They sought my face, Thy face, O Jehovah, I seek.'"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Hide not Thy face from me, Turn not aside in anger Thy servant, My help Thou hast been. Leave me not, nor forsake me, O God of my salvation."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"When my father and my mother Have forsaken me, then doth Jehovah gather me."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Shew me, O Jehovah, Thy way, And lead me in a path of uprightness, For the sake of my beholders."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Give me not to the will of my adversaries, For risen against me have false witnesses, And they breathe out violence to me."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"I had not believed to look on the goodness of Jehovah In the land of the living!"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Look unto Jehovah — be strong, And He doth strengthen thy heart, Yea, look unto Jehovah!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 27 (YLT)","markdown":"[Psalms 27](https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/27)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/27 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}