Psalms 27:1
Jehovah is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?
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Exodus 15:2Jehovah is my strength and song, And he is become my salvation: This is my God, and I will praise him; My father`s God, and I will exalt him.
Deuteronomy 7:21Thou shalt not be affrighted at them; for Jehovah thy God is in the midst of thee, a great God and a terrible.
Psalms 3:8Salvation belongeth unto Jehovah: Thy blessing be upon thy people. Selah Psalm 4 For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.
Psalms 18:1I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.
Psalms 18:29For by thee I run upon a troop; And by my God do I leap over a wall.
Psalms 19:14Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in thy sight, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer. Psalm 20 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
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 →