Psalms 27:4-13

⁴One thing haue I desired of the Lord, that I will require, euen that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the dayes of my life, to beholde the beautie of the Lord, and to visite his Temple.

⁵For in the time of trouble hee shall hide mee in his Tabernacle: in the secrete place of his pauillion shall he hide me, and set me vp vpon a rocke.

⁶And nowe shall hee lift vp mine head aboue mine enemies rounde about mee: therefore wil I offer in his Tabernacle sacrifices of ioy: I wil sing and praise the Lord.

⁷Hearken vnto my voyce, O Lord, when I crie: haue mercie also vpon mee and heare mee.

⁸When thou saidest, Seeke ye my face, mine heart answered vnto thee, O Lord, I will seeke thy face.

⁹Hide not therefore thy face from mee, nor cast thy seruat away in displeasure: thou hast bene my succour: leaue me not, neither forsake mee, O God of my saluation.

¹⁰Though my father and my mother shoulde forsake me, yet the Lord will gather me vp.

¹¹Teache mee thy way, O Lord, and leade me in a right path, because of mine enemies.

¹²Giue me not vnto the lust of mine aduersaries: for there are false witnesses risen vp against me, and such as speake cruelly.

¹³I should haue fainted, except I had beleeued to see the goodnes of the Lord in the land of the liuing.