Psalms 27:7
The Lord is my helper and my defender; 1 My heart has hoped in him, and I am helped: 1 My flesh has revived, 1 And willingly will I give praise to him. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
In Context
6Blessed be the Lord, for he has hearkened to the voice of my petition. 1
8The Lord is the strength of his people, 1 And the saving defender of his anointed. 1
Cross References
Job 10:2And I will say to the Lord, Do not teach me to be impious; 1 And wherefore hast thou thus judged me? 1
Psalms 5:2Hearken to my words, O Lord, 1 Attend to my cry. 1
Psalms 30:11For my life is spent with grief, 1 And my years with groanings: 1 My strength has been weakened through poverty, 1 And my bones are troubled. 1
Psalms 130:2I shall have sinned if I have not been humble, 1 But have exalted my soul: 1 According to the relation of a weaned child to his mother, 1 So wilt thou recompense my soul. 1
Matthew Henry on Psalms 27:2-7
Devout Confidence; Encouragement in Prayers. 1 The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. 3 Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. 4 One thing have I desired of the Lord , that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all… Read the whole commentary →