## Psalms Chapter 27

###### Psalms 27:1
[Psalms 27:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/27:1)

לְדָוִ֨ד**׀** יְהֹוָ֤ה**׀** אוֹרִ֣י וְ֭יִשְׁעִי מִמִּ֣י אִירָ֑א יְהֹוָ֥ה מָעוֹז־חַ֝יַּ֗י מִמִּ֥י אֶפְחָֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[A psalm] of David. The L rd is my light and my help. Whom shall I fear? The L rd is the strength of my life. Who shall affright me?


###### Psalms 27:2
[Psalms 27:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/27:2)

בִּקְרֹ֤ב עָלַ֨י**׀** מְרֵעִים֮ לֶאֱכֹ֢ל אֶת־בְּשָׂ֫רִ֥י צָרַ֣י וְאֹיְבַ֣י לִ֑י הֵ֖מָּה כָשְׁל֣וּ וְנָפָֽלוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When the wicked, my enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
When evildoers draw near to devour my flesh — my oppressors and my foes — they stumble and fall.


###### Psalms 27:3
[Psalms 27:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/27:3)

אִם־תַּחֲנֶ֬ה עָלַ֨י**׀** מַחֲנֶה֮ לֹא־יִירָ֢א לִ֫בִּ֥י אִם־תָּק֣וּם עָ֭לַי מִלְחָמָ֑ה בְּ֝זֹ֗את אֲנִ֣י בוֹטֵֽחַ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Though a host should camp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, even then I will be confident.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If a camp encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. If a war arise against me, in this [(the above creed)] I trust.


###### Psalms 27:4
[Psalms 27:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/27:4)

אַחַ֤ת**׀** שָׁאַ֣לְתִּי מֵאֵת־יְהֹוָה֮ אוֹתָ֢הּ אֲבַ֫קֵּ֥שׁ שִׁבְתִּ֣י בְּבֵית־יְ֭הֹוָה כׇּל־יְמֵ֣י חַיַּ֑י לַחֲז֥וֹת בְּנֹעַם־יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה וּלְבַקֵּ֥ר בְּהֵֽיכָלֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
One thing have I asked of the L rd. That shall I seek. To sit in the house of the L rd all the days of my life. To look upon the pleasantness of the L rd and to pay attendance every morning in His sanctuary.


###### Psalms 27:5
[Psalms 27:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/27:5)

כִּ֤י יִצְפְּנֵ֨נִי**׀** בְּסֻכֹּה֮ בְּי֢וֹם רָ֫עָ֥ה יַ֭סְתִּרֵנִי בְּסֵ֣תֶר אׇהֳל֑וֹ בְּ֝צ֗וּר יְרוֹמְמֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For in the day of evil he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the covert of his tent he shall hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For [I know that] He will secure me in His sanctuary. On an evil day He will hide me in the covert of His tent. [As] on a rock, He will lift me.


###### Psalms 27:6
[Psalms 27:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/27:6)

וְעַתָּ֨ה יָר֪וּם רֹאשִׁ֡י עַ֤ל אֹיְבַ֬י סְֽבִיבוֹתַ֗י וְאֶזְבְּחָ֣ה בְ֭אׇהֳלוֹ זִבְחֵ֣י תְרוּעָ֑ה אָשִׁ֥ירָה וַ֝אֲזַמְּרָ֗ה לַֽיהֹוָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And now shall my head be lifted up above my enemies round about me: therefore I will offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, and I will make melody to the Lord.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And now, let my head be [ever] lifted above my foes roundabout, and [then] I shall slaughter in His tent offerings of exultation [i.e., accompanied by song]. I shall sing and intone psalms to the L rd.


###### Psalms 27:7
[Psalms 27:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/27:7)

שְׁמַע־יְהֹוָ֖ה קוֹלִ֥י אֶקְרָ֗א וְחׇנֵּ֥נִי וַעֲנֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice: be gracious to me, and answer me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Hear, O L rd, my voice as I call; and be gracious unto me, and answer me.


###### Psalms 27:8
[Psalms 27:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/27:8)

לְךָ֤**׀** אָמַ֣ר לִ֭בִּי בַּקְּשׁ֣וּ פָנָ֑י אֶת־פָּנֶ֖יךָ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֲבַקֵּֽשׁ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Of Thee my heart has said, Seek my face. Thy face, O Lord, I seek.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
On Your behalf [i.e., as Your emissary], my heart says: "Seek My presence [Israel]." [And, accordingly,] Your presence, O L rd, will I seek.


###### Psalms 27:9
[Psalms 27:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/27:9)

אַל־תַּסְתֵּ֬ר פָּנֶ֨יךָ**׀** מִמֶּנִּי֮ אַ֥ל תַּט־בְּאַ֗ף עַ֫בְדֶּ֥ךָ עֶזְרָתִ֥י הָיִ֑יתָ אַֽל־תִּטְּשֵׁ֥נִי וְאַל־תַּ֝עַזְבֵ֗נִי אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׁעִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Hide not Thy face from me; put not Thy servant away in anger: Thou hast been my help; abandon me not, nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do not hide Your face from me. Do not subdue Your servant with [Your] wrath. You have [ever] been my help. Do not leave me and do not forsake me, O G d of my salvation.


###### Psalms 27:10
[Psalms 27:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/27:10)

כִּֽי־אָבִ֣י וְאִמִּ֣י עֲזָב֑וּנִי וַֽיהֹוָ֣ה יַאַסְפֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord will take me up.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For my father and my mother have left me, but the L rd has gathered me in.


###### Psalms 27:11
[Psalms 27:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/27:11)

ה֤וֹרֵ֥נִי יְהֹוָ֗ה דַּ֫רְכֶּ֥ךָ וּ֭נְחֵנִי בְּאֹ֣רַח מִישׁ֑וֹר לְ֝מַ֗עַן שֽׁוֹרְרָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Teach me Thy way, O Lord, and lead me in an even path, because of my enemies.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Teach me, O L rd, Your ways, and lead me in a straight path for the sake of [the undoing of] those who eye me [for evil].


###### Psalms 27:12
[Psalms 27:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/27:12)

אַֽל־תִּ֭תְּנֵנִי בְּנֶ֣פֶשׁ צָרָ֑י כִּ֥י קָמוּ־בִ֥י עֵדֵי־שֶׁ֝֗קֶר וִיפֵ֥חַ חָמָֽס׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Deliver me not over to the will of my enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out violence.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Deliver me not to the desire of my foes; for false witnesses have risen against me, and spouters of violence.


###### Psalms 27:13
[Psalms 27:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/27:13)

לׅׄוּׅׄלֵׅ֗ׄאׅׄ הֶ֭אֱמַנְתִּי לִרְא֥וֹת בְּֽטוּב־יְהֹוָ֗ה בְּאֶ֣רֶץ חַיִּֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Were it not that I believed I should see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[And they would already have destroyed me] had I not believed in seeing the good of the L rd in the land of the living.


###### Psalms 27:14
[Psalms 27:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/27:14)

קַוֵּ֗ה אֶל־יְ֫הֹוָ֥ה חֲ֭זַק וְיַאֲמֵ֣ץ לִבֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝קַוֵּ֗ה אֶל־יְהֹוָֽה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thy heart: and wait on the Lord.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Hope to the L rd; be strong, and let your heart take courage, and [(if your prayer is not answered, then, again,)] hope to the L rd.