Psalms 27:1
To you, O Lord, have I cried; my God, be not silent toward me: lest you be silent toward me, 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: this is my God and I will glorify him; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Deuteronomy 7:21You shall not be wounded before them, because the Lord your God in the midst of you is a great and powerful God.
Psalms 3:8Deliverance is the Lord's, and your blessing is upon your people.
Psalms 18:1The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims the work of his hands. 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 →