Psalms 27:1
A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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Exodus 15:2The LORD is my strength and song, and He is become my salvation; this is my God, and I will glorify Him; my father's God, and I will exalt Him.
Deuteronomy 7:21Thou shalt not be affrighted at them; for the LORD thy God is in the midst of thee, a God great and awful.
Psalms 3:8(3-9) Salvation belongeth unto the LORD; Thy blessing be upon Thy people. Selah
Psalms 18:1(18-1) For the Leader. A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD, who spoke unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul; (18-2) And he said: I love thee, O LORD, my strength.
Psalms 18:29(18-30) For by Thee I run upon a troop; and by my God do I scale a wall.
Psalms 19:14(19-15) Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable before Thee, O LORD, my Rock, and my Redeemer.
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 →