Twenty Seventh Psalm
1 A psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation
so why should I be afraid? The LORD protects me from danger
so why should I tremble?
2 When evil people come to destroy me, when my enemies and foes attack me,
they will stumble and fall.
3 Though a mighty army surrounds me, my heart will know no fear. Even if they attack me,
I remain confident. 4 The one thing I ask of the LORD the thing I seek most
is to live in the house of the LORD all the days of my life,
delighting in the LORD's perfections and meditating in his Temple.
5 For he will conceal me there when troubles come;
he will hide me in his sanctuary. He will place me out of reach on a high rock.
6 Then I will hold my head high, above my enemies who surround me.
At his Tabernacle I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy, singing and praising the LORD with music.
7 Listen to my pleading, O LORD. Be merciful and answer me!
8 My heart has heard you say,
Come and talk with me. And my heart responds, LORD, I am coming.
9 Do not hide yourself from me. Do not reject your servant in anger.
You have always been my helper. Don't leave me now; don't abandon me,
O God of my salvation! 10 Even if my father and mother abandon me,
the LORD will hold me close. 11 Teach me how to live, O LORD.
Lead me along the path of honesty, for my enemies are waiting for me to fall.
12 Do not let me fall into their hands. For they accuse me of things
I've never done and breathe out violence against me.
13 Yet I am confident that I will see the LORD's goodness
while I am here in the land of the living.
14 Wait patiently for the LORD. Be brave and courageous.
Yes, wait patiently for the LORD.
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When the son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit
upon the throne of his glory:
And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a
shepherd divide his sheep from the goats:
And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom
prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
For I was hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick and ye visited me: I was in prison and ye came unto me.
Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it
unto one of the least of my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Then shall he say unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
For I was hungered, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty and ye gave me no drink:
I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison,
and did not minister unto thee?
Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
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mean, Jehovah is my help, or, Jehovah is rescue, or, The Help of Jehovah.
You shall give him the name Jesus, the angel said, for he will save his people
from their sins (Matt. 1:21). The very name stamps Jesus as Saviour. He is God's
divinely appointed and divinely sent Rescuer whose function is to deliver men from
their sins. He came to rescue men from the estrangement and alienation from God
which is the consequence of their past sins, and for the future to liberate them
from the bondage to sin, from the moral frustration and the continuous and
inevitable defeat which are the result of sin. He came to bring friendship for
fear and victory for defeat.
- William Barclay