1. 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?
2. When evil doers come near to me to eat my flesh, My adversaries and mine enemies to me, They have stumbled and fallen.
3. Though a host doth encamp against me, My heart doth not fear, Though war riseth up against me, In this I [am] confident.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Hear, O Jehovah, my voice--I call, And favour me, and answer me.
8. To Thee said my heart `They sought my face, Thy face, O Jehovah, I seek.'