Psalms 27:1
A Psalm of David. 1 To thee, O Lord, have I cried; 1 My God, be not silent toward me: 1 Lest thou be silent toward me, 1 And so I should be likened to them that go down to the pit. 1
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Exodus 15:2He was to me a helper and protector for salvation: 1 This is my God, and I will glorify him; 1 My father’s God, and I will exalt him. 1
Deuteronomy 7:21Thou shalt not be wounded before them, because the Lord thy God in the midst of thee is a great and powerful God.
Psalms 3:8Arise, Lord; deliver me, my God: 1 For thou hast smitten all who were without cause mine enemies; 1 Thou hast broken the teeth of sinners. 1
Psalms 18:1For the end, a Psalm of David. 1
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 →