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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 [a]the beauty of Jehovah,
And to [b]inquire in his temple.
For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion:
In the covert of his [c]tabernacle will he hide me;
He will lift me up upon a rock.
And now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me;
And I will offer in his [d]tabernacle sacrifices of [e]joy;
I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto Jehovah.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 27:4 Or, the pleasantness
  2. Psalm 27:4 Or, consider his temple
  3. Psalm 27:5 Hebrew tent.
  4. Psalm 27:6 Hebrew tent.
  5. Psalm 27:6 Or, shouting. Or, trumpet-sound

One thing(A) 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,(B)
to gaze on the beauty of the Lord
    and to seek him in his temple.
For in the day of trouble(C)
    he will keep me safe(D) in his dwelling;
he will hide me(E) in the shelter of his sacred tent
    and set me high upon a rock.(F)

Then my head will be exalted(G)
    above the enemies who surround me;(H)
at his sacred tent I will sacrifice(I) with shouts of joy;(J)
    I will sing(K) and make music(L) to the Lord.

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