During the month of Elul we are called upon to study and recite Psalm 27 each day.
Psalm 27
Adonai is my light and my life.
Whom shall I fear?
Adonai is the foundation of my life.
Whom shall I dread?
When evil doers come upon me to devour me,
even my adversaries and foes stumble and fall.
If an army should camp against me,
my heart will not fear.
Though war should wage up against me
Even then will I be confident.
One thing I ask of Adonai
only this do i seek:
to live in the House of Adonai
all the days of my life,
to gaze upon Adonai's beauty
to frequent God's temple.
For You conceal me in your pavilion on the day of evil.
You hide me in the cover of Your tent.
You lift me up on a rock.
And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies all around me
and I will offer sacrifices in your tabernacle with the sound of trumpets.
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to Adonai.
Listen Adonai when I cry aloud.
Have mercy on me; answer me.
[Your instruction,] seek my face, my heart repeats.
Your face, O God, do I seek.
Hide not your face from me.
Do not put your servant off in anger. You are my help.
Forsake me not, nor abandon me.
O God, [You are] the One who delivers me.
For though my father and my mother have forsaken me
Adonai will lift me up.
Show me Your way, Adonai,
and lead me on a level path
because of my ever watchful foes.
Deliver me not over unto the will of my adversaries
For false witnesses have risen up against me
and those who breathe violence.
If I had not believed to look upon the goodness of God.
[I would no longer be] in the land of the living.
Look to Adonai [for hope]
be strong and of good courage.
Look to Adonai [for faith].
Whom shall I fear?
Adonai is the foundation of my life.
Whom shall I dread?
When evil doers come upon me to devour me,
even my adversaries and foes stumble and fall.
If an army should camp against me,
my heart will not fear.
Though war should wage up against me
Even then will I be confident.
One thing I ask of Adonai
only this do i seek:
to live in the House of Adonai
all the days of my life,
to gaze upon Adonai's beauty
to frequent God's temple.
For You conceal me in your pavilion on the day of evil.
You hide me in the cover of Your tent.
You lift me up on a rock.
And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies all around me
and I will offer sacrifices in your tabernacle with the sound of trumpets.
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to Adonai.
Listen Adonai when I cry aloud.
Have mercy on me; answer me.
[Your instruction,] seek my face, my heart repeats.
Your face, O God, do I seek.
Hide not your face from me.
Do not put your servant off in anger. You are my help.
Forsake me not, nor abandon me.
O God, [You are] the One who delivers me.
For though my father and my mother have forsaken me
Adonai will lift me up.
Show me Your way, Adonai,
and lead me on a level path
because of my ever watchful foes.
Deliver me not over unto the will of my adversaries
For false witnesses have risen up against me
and those who breathe violence.
If I had not believed to look upon the goodness of God.
[I would no longer be] in the land of the living.
Look to Adonai [for hope]
be strong and of good courage.
Look to Adonai [for faith].
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