Psalms 27:1
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?
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Exodus 15:2The LORD is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
Deuteronomy 7:21You shall not be scared of them; for the LORD your God is among you, a great and awesome God.
Psalms 3:8Salvation belongs to the LORD. May your blessing be on your people. Selah.
Psalms 18:1I love you, LORD, my strength.
Psalms 18:29For by you, I advance through a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall.
Psalms 19:14Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, 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 →