Psalms 27:1
Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
2When evil-doers, even my haters, came on me to put an end to me, they were broken and put to shame.
Cross References
Exodus 15:2The Lord is my strength and my strong helper, he has become my salvation: he is my God and I will give him praise; my father's God and I will give him glory.
Deuteronomy 7:21Have no fear of them: for the Lord your God is with you, a great God greatly to be feared.
Psalms 3:8\3:7\Come to me, Lord; keep me safe, O my God; for you have given all my haters blows on their face-bones; the teeth of the evil-doers have been broken by you.
Psalms 18:1To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord, of David, who said the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord made him free from the hand of all his haters, and from the hand of Saul; and he said,
Psalms 18:29\18:28\You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.
Psalms 19:14\19:13\Keep your servant back from sins of pride; let them not have rule over me: then will I be upright and free from great sin.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 27:1
Some think David penned this psalm before his coming to the throne, when he was in the midst of his troubles, and perhaps upon occasion of the death of his parents; but the Jews think he penned it when he was old, upon occasion of the wonderful deliverance he had from the sword of the giant, when Abishai succoured him ( 2 Sam. xxi. 16, 17 ) and his people thereupon resolved he should never venture his life again in battle, lest he should quench the light of Israel. Perhaps it was not penned upon any particular… Read the whole commentary →