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Yahweh Is My Light and My Salvation

¹ Yahweh is my ^(C1)light and my ^(C2)salvation;
Whom shall I fear?
Yahweh is the ^(F1)(C3)strong defense of my life;
^(C4)Whom shall I dread?

² When evildoers came upon me to ^(C1)devour my flesh,
My adversaries and my enemies, they ^(C2)stumbled and fell.

³ Though a ^(C1)host encamp against me,
My heart will not fear;
Though war arise against me,
In this I ^(C2)trust.

^4 (C1)One thing I have asked from Yahweh, that I shall seek:
That I may ^(C2)dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life,
To behold ^(C3)the ^(F1)beauty of Yahweh
And to ^(C4)inquire in His temple.

⁵ For in the ^(C1)day of calamity He will ^(C2)conceal me in His shelter;
In the secret place of His tent He will ^(C3)hide me;
He will ^(C4)lift me up on a rock.

⁶ And now ^(C1)my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me,
And I will offer in His tent ^(C2)sacrifices with loud shouts of joy;
I will ^(C3)sing, and I will sing praises to Yahweh.

^7 (C1)Hear, O Yahweh, when I call with my voice,
And be gracious to me and ^(C2)answer me.

⁸ On Your behalf my heart says, "^(C1)Seek My face,"
"Your face, O Yahweh, ^(C2)I shall seek."

^9 (C1)Do not hide Your face from me,
Do not turn Your slave away in ^(C2)anger;
You have been ^(C3)my help;
^(C4)Do not abandon me and do not ^(C5)forsake me,
O God of my salvation!

^10 (F1)For my father and ^(C1)my mother have forsaken me,
But ^(C2)Yahweh will take me up.

^11 (C1)Instruct me in Your way, O Yahweh,
And lead me in a ^(C2)level path
Because of ^(F1)my foes.

¹² Do not give me over to the ^(F1)(C1)desire of my adversaries,
For ^(C2)false witnesses have risen against me,
And such as ^(C3)breathe out violence.

^13 (F1)I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the ^(C1)goodness of Yahweh
In the ^(C2)land of the living.

^14 (C1)Hope in Yahweh;
Be ^(C2)strong and let your heart take courage;
Hope in Yahweh.