Psalms 27:3-4

27:3 Even when an army is deployed against me,

I do not fear. ¹ 

Even when war is imminent, ² 

I remain confident. ³ 

27:4 I have asked the Lord for one thing –

this is what I desire!

I want to live ⁴  in the Lord’s house ⁵  all the days of my life,

so I can gaze at the splendor ⁶  of the Lord

and contemplate in his temple.

¹ tn Heb “my heart does not fear.”

² tn Heb “if war rises up against me.”

³ tn Heb “in this [i.e., “during this situation”] I am trusting.”

⁴ tn Heb “my living.”

⁵ sn The Lord’s house. This probably refers to the tabernacle (if one accepts Davidic authorship) or the temple (see Judg 19:18; 1 Sam 1:7, 24; 2 Sam 12:20; 1 Kgs 7:12, 40, 45, 51).

⁶ tn Or “beauty.”