1 O Senhor é a minha luz e a minha salvação;
de quem terei medo?
O Senhor é a fortaleza da minha vida;
a quem temerei?
2 Quando malfeitores me sobrevêm
para me destruir,
meus opressores e inimigos,
eles é que tropeçam e caem.
3 Ainda que um exército se acampe contra mim,
não se atemorizará o meu coração;
e, se estourar contra mim a guerra,
ainda assim terei confiança.
4 Uma coisa peço ao Senhor,
e a buscarei:
que eu possa morar na Casa do Senhor
todos os dias da minha vida,
para contemplar a beleza do Senhor
e meditar no seu templo.
5 Pois, no dia da adversidade,
ele me ocultará no seu pavilhão;
no recôndito do seu tabernáculo, me acolherá;
elevar-me-á sobre uma rocha.
6 Agora, será exaltada a minha cabeça
acima dos inimigos que me cercam.
No seu tabernáculo, oferecerei
sacrifício de júbilo;
cantarei e salmodiarei ao Senhor.
7 Ouve, Senhor, a minha voz; eu clamo;
compadece-te de mim e responde-me.
8 Ao meu coração me ocorre: Buscai a minha presença;
buscarei, pois, Senhor, a tua presença.
9 Não me escondas, Senhor, a tua face,
não rejeites com ira o teu servo;
tu és o meu auxílio,
não me recuses, nem me desampares,
ó Deus da minha salvação.
10 Porque, se meu pai e minha mãe me desampararem,
o Senhor me acolherá.
11 Ensina-me, Senhor, o teu caminho
e guia-me por vereda plana,
por causa dos que me espreitam.
12 Não me deixes à vontade dos meus adversários;
pois contra mim se levantam falsas testemunhas
e os que só respiram crueldade.
13 Eu creio que verei a bondade do Senhor
na terra dos viventes.
14 Espera pelo Senhor,
tem bom ânimo, e fortifique-se o teu coração;
espera, pois, pelo Senhor.
1 Jehovah is my light and my salvation;
Whom shall I fear?
Jehovah is the strength of my life;
Of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh,
Even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
3 Though a host should encamp against me,
My heart shall not fear:
Though war should rise against me,
Even then will I be confident.
4 One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after:
That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of Jehovah,
And to inquire in his temple.
5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion:
In the covert of his tabernacle will he hide me;
He will lift me up upon a rock.
6 And now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me;
And I will offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy;
I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto Jehovah.
7 Hear, O Jehovah, when I cry with my voice:
Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; My heart said unto thee,
Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.
9 Hide not thy face from me;
Put not thy servant away in anger:
Thou hast been my help;
Cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
10 When my father and my mother forsake me,
Then Jehovah will take me up.
11 Teach me thy way, O Jehovah;
And lead me in a plain path,
Because of mine enemies.
12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries:
For false witnesses are risen up against me,
And such as breathe out cruelty.
13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah
In the land of the living.
14 Wait for Jehovah:
Be strong, and let thy heart take courage;
Yea, wait thou for Jehovah.
1 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?
2 When the wicked advance against me to devour "me, it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall.
3 Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then I will be confident.
4 One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.
5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent and set me high upon a rock.
6 Then my head will be exalted above the enemies who surround me; at his sacred tent I will sacrifice with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD.
7 Hear my voice when I call, LORD; be merciful to me and answer me.
8 My heart says of you, "Seek his face!" Your face, LORD, I will seek.
9 Do not hide your face from me, do not turn your servant away in anger; you have been my helper. Do not reject me or forsake me, God my Savior.
10 Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.
11 Teach me your way, LORD; lead me in a straight path because of my oppressors.
12 Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, spouting malicious accusations.
13 I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
14 Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.