(1) Of David.
GOD is my light and my salvation; whom should I fear?
GOD is the stronghold of my life,whom should I dread? (2) When evildoers assail me to devour my flesh—it is they, my foes and my enemies, who stumble and fall. (3) Should an army besiege me, my heart would have no fear; should war beset me, still would I be confident. (4) One thing I ask of GOD, only that do I seek: to live in GOD’s house all the days of my life, to gaze upon GOD’s beauty, to frequent the temple. (5) I will be sheltered in God’s pavilion on an evil day, granted the protection of God’s tent, and raised up high upon a rock. (6) Now is my head highover my enemies round about; I sacrifice in that tent with shouts of joy, singing and chanting a hymn to GOD. (7) Hear, O ETERNAL One, when I cry aloud; have mercy on me, answer me. In Your behalf my heart says: “Seek My face!” O ETERNAL One, I seek Your face. (8) Do not hide Your face from me; do not thrust aside Your servant in anger; You have ever been my help. Do not forsake me, do not abandon me, O God, my deliverer. (9) Though my father and mother abandon me, GOD will take me in. (10) Show me Your way, O ETERNAL One, and lead me on a level path because of my watchful foes. (11) Do not subject me to the will of my foes, for false witnesses and unjust accusers have appeared against me. (12) Had I not the assurance that I would enjoy GOD’s goodness in the land of the living…(13) Look to GOD; be strong and of good courage! O look to GOD!

Surely, this Torah that I enjoin upon you this day is not too baffling for you, nor is it beyond reach. It is not in the heavens, that you should say, “Who among us can go up to the heavens and get it for us and impart it to us, that we may observe it?” Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, “Who among us can cross to the other side of the sea and get it for us and impart it to us, that we may observe it?” No, the thing is very close to you, in your mouth and in your heart, to observe it.