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Psalms 27:4-5

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

this is what I desire!

I want to live¹ in the Lord’s house² all the days of my life,

so I can gaze at the splendor³ of the Lord

and contemplate in his temple.

27:5 He will surely⁴ give me shelter⁵ in the day of danger;⁶

he will hide me in his home;⁷

he will place me⁸ on an inaccessible rocky summit.⁹

¹tn Heb “my living.”

²sn 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).

³tn Or “beauty.”

⁴tn Or “for he will.” The translation assumes the כִּי (ki) is asseverative here, rather than causal.

⁵tn Heb “he will hide me in his hut.”

⁶tn Or “trouble.”

⁷tn Heb “tent.”

⁸tn The three imperfect verb forms in v. 5 anticipate a positive response to the prayer offered in vv. 7-12.

⁹tn Heb “on a rocky summit he lifts me up.” The Lord places the psalmist in an inaccessible place where his enemies cannot reach him. See Ps 18:2.

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