Psalms 26:1-6

¹(27) A Psalm of David, before he was anointed. The Lord is my light and my Saviour; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the defender of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

²When evil-doers drew near against me to eat up my flesh, my persecutors and my enemies, they fainted and fell.

³Though an army should set itself in array against me, my heart shall not be afraid: though war should rise up against me, in this am I confident.

⁴One thing have I asked of the Lord, this will I earnestly seek: that I should dwell in the house of the Lord, all the days of my life, that I should behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and survey his temple.

⁵For in the day of my afflictions he hid me in his tabernacle: he sheltered me in the secret of his tabernacle; he set me up on a rock.

⁶And now, behold, he has lifted up my head over my enemies: I went round and offered in his tabernacle the sacrifice of joy; I will sing even sing psalms to the Lord.