Psalms

Chapter 27

  1. 1

    To thee, my Lord, my refuge, I cry aloud, do not leave my cry unanswered; listen to me, or I am no better than a dead man, sinking to the grave.

  2. 2

    Listen Lord, to my plea as I call upon thee, as I raise my hands in prayer towards thy holy temple.

  3. 3

    Do not summon me, with the wicked, before thy judgement-seat; with men who traffic in iniquity, men who talk of peace to their neighbours, while their hearts are full of malice.

  4. 4

    For them, the reward of their own acts, their own evil ways; as they did, be it done to them, in their own coin repaid.

  5. 5

    Of the Lord’s acts, the Lord’s ways, they took no heed; ruin be theirs, ruin irreparable.

  6. 6

    Blessed be the Lord’s name, my plea is heard;

  7. 7

    the Lord is my strength and shield. Trusting in him, I found redress; there is triumph in my heart, on my lips the song of praise.

  8. 8

    The Lord defends his own people, protects the king he has anointed.

  9. 9

    Lord, save thy people, bless thy own chosen race; be their shepherd, evermore in thy arms upholding them.