Psalms 27

Giga Bible (GIGAKJV) · 14 verses · 14 differ from the KJV
  1. 1The Lord is my light and my salvation. Who shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life. Who shall I be afraid of?
  2. 2When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came on me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
  3. 3Though a host should camp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
  4. 4I have asked the Lord for one thing, and I will keep seeking it: to live in the Lord's house all the days of my life, to gaze on the Lord's beauty and to seek him in his temple.
  5. 5For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me. He shall set me up on a rock.
  6. 6And now shall my head be lifted up above my enemies around me: therefore I will offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.
  7. 7Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also on me, and answer me.
  8. 8When you said, "Seek my face," my heart said to you, "Your face, Lord, I will seek."
  9. 9Do not hide your face far from me. Put not your servant away in anger: you have been my help. Do not leave me, neither abandon me, O God of my salvation.
  10. 10When my father and my mother abandon me, then the Lord will take me up.
  11. 11Teach me your way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path, because of my enemies.
  12. 12Do not deliver me over to the will of my enemies. For false witnesses have risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
  13. 13I would have fainted if I had not believed I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
  14. 14Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

What changed from the KJV

GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Psalms 27 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.

Psalms 27:1

KJVThe Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

GIGAKJVThe Lord is my light and my salvation. Who shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life. Who shall I be afraid of?

Psalms 27:2

KJVWhen the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

GIGAKJVWhen the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came on me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

Psalms 27:3

KJVThough an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

GIGAKJVThough a host should camp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

Psalms 27:4

KJVOne thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.

GIGAKJVI have asked the Lord for one thing, and I will keep seeking it: to live in the Lord's house all the days of my life, to gaze on the Lord's beauty and to seek him in his temple.

Psalms 27:5

KJVFor in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

GIGAKJVFor in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me. He shall set me up on a rock.

Psalms 27:6

KJVAnd now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord.

GIGAKJVAnd now shall my head be lifted up above my enemies around me: therefore I will offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.

Psalms 27:7

KJVHear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

GIGAKJVHear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also on me, and answer me.

Psalms 27:8

KJVWhen thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek.

GIGAKJVWhen you said, "Seek my face," my heart said to you, "Your face, Lord, I will seek."

Psalms 27:9

KJVHide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

GIGAKJVDo not hide your face far from me. Put not your servant away in anger: you have been my help. Do not leave me, neither abandon me, O God of my salvation.

Psalms 27:10

KJVWhen my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.

GIGAKJVWhen my father and my mother abandon me, then the Lord will take me up.

Psalms 27:11

KJVTeach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.

GIGAKJVTeach me your way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path, because of my enemies.

Psalms 27:12

KJVDeliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

GIGAKJVDo not deliver me over to the will of my enemies. For false witnesses have risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

Psalms 27:13

KJVI had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

GIGAKJVI would have fainted if I had not believed I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

Psalms 27:14

KJVWait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

GIGAKJVWait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

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