style="font-size:15px;"> my persecutors and my enemies,
they fainted and fell.
3. Though an army be arrayed
against me,
my heart will not succumb to fear.
Though a war should be waged
against me,
in this I place my hope:
4. One thing I asked of the Lord,
this will I eagerly seek:
that I may dwell in the house
of the Lord
all the days of my life;
that I may behold the beauty of the Lord
and survey God’s temple. . . .
7. Hear, O Lord, my wail which
I uttered;
have mercy on me and hearken to me.
8. To you my heart said, “I have sought your face.”
Your face, O Lord, will I continue
to seek.
9. Turn not your face away from me,
withdraw not in anger from your servant.
Be my helper, forsake me not.
O God, my Savior, overlook me not.
10. For my father and mother have forsaken me,
but the Lord has taken me in.
11. Instruct me, O Lord, in your way,
and guide me in the right path, mindful of my enemies.
12. Deliver me not to the will of those who afflict me;
for unjust witnesses have risen up against me,
and injustice has lied to her very self.
13. I believe I shall see
the goodness of the Lord
in the land of the living.
14. Wait on the Lord and be of
good courage!
Let your heart be strengthened and wait on the Lord!
Psalm 27
1. To you, O Lord, I have cried:
My God, do not pass me by in silence.
If you should pass me by in silence,
I shall be like those who go down
to the Pit.
2. Hearken to the sound of my supplication,
when I pray to you,
when I lift up my hands to your holy temple.
3. Do not draw my life away
with sinners,
nor destroy me with the workers
of iniquity,
with those who speak of peace with their neighbors,
yet conceive mischief in their hearts.
4. Requite them according
to their deeds,
according to the wickedness
of their designs.
Give to them according to the works
of their hands;
render their full recompense to them.
5. Because they ignored the works
of the Lord
and the operations of his hand,
you will pull them down,
and never rebuild them. . . .
9. Save your people,
and bless your inheritance.
Shepherd them,
and lift them up forever.
Psalm 29
1. I will extol you, O Lord, for you upheld me,
and did not allow my enemies to rejoice over me.
2. O Lord my God, to you I cried,
and you healed me.
3. O Lord, you have raised my soul
from Hades,
and delivered me from among those who descend to the Pit. . . .
8. To you, O Lord, I will I cry;
and to my God will I make supplication.
9. What profit is there in my blood,
by my going down to destruction?
Can dust give you praise,
or shall it declare your truth?
10. The Lord heard and had compassion upon me;
the Lord has become my helper.
11. You transformed my mourning
into joy;
you ripped my sackcloth from off of me
and girded me with gladness,
12. that my glory may sing praise to you
and I may no longer be pierced
with sorrow.
O Lord my God,
I will give thanks to you forever.
Psalm 30
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