What does Psalms 27:1 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"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?"
PSALM XXVII _The righteous man's confidence in God_, 1-3; _his ardent desire to have the spiritual privilege of worshipping_ _God in his temple, because of the spiritual blessings which he_ _expec...
THE LORD IS MY LIGHT - He is to me the source of light. That is, He guides and leads me. Darkness is the emblem of distress, trouble, perplexity, and sorrow; light is the emblem of the opposite of the...
Psalms 27 Holy Longings and Anticipations _ 1. Confidence in the Lord (Psalms 27:1)_ 2. Longings and anticipations (Psalms 27:4) 3. Earnest prayer in trial and trust in the Lord (Psalms 27:7) Psa...
XXVII. Many scholars hold that we have here two Pss., and not without reason. Psalms 27:1 is the expression of childlike trust under favourable circumstances: in Psalms 27:7 the poet is in grievous af...
TITLE.. PSALM. See App-65. OF DAVID. by David, or relating to the true David. LIGHT. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Effect), App-6, not Figure of speech _Metaphor_. "light" put for Jehovah as the A...
_my light_ Illuminating the darkness of trouble, anxiety, and danger; giving life and joy. Cp. Psalms 4:6; Psalms 18:28; Psalms 36:9; Psalms 43:3; Psalms 84:11; Isaiah 10:17; Micah 7:8. Again the N.T....
_David sustaineth his faith by the power of God, by his love to the service of God, and by prayer._ _A Psalm_ of David. _TITLE._ לדוד _LEDAVID._— The Greek title is, "A Psalm of David before he was a...
PSALMS 27 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Trust and Prayer in the Hour of Danger. ANALYSIS Part I., Two pentameter hexastichs: Stanza I., Psalms 27:1-3, That which Jehovah Is Now he Has Been in the Past, and Wil...
_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?_ Psalms 27:1 -The deliverance which results from waiting on the Lord. Psalm...
27:1 afraid? (e-28) 'Fear' and 'be afraid' are nearly the same, but it seems that the latter is more 'terror,' even used of Jehovah. see 1 Samuel 11:7 ; Psalms 36:1 ; 'fear' more in a godly sense, as...
STRENGTH] in the sense of 'stronghold': see Psalms 18:2....
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
THE LORD IS MY LIGHT. — This noble thought appears nowhere else so grandly, though we may compare Isaiah 60:1. The Latin of the Vulgate, “Dominus illuminatio mea,” is the motto of the University of Ox...
לְ דָוִ֨ד ׀ יְהוָ֤ה ׀ אֹורִ֣י וְ֭ יִשְׁעִי מִ מִּ֣י אִירָ֑א יְהוָ֥ה מָֽעֹוז ־חַ֝יַּ֗י מִ מִּ֥י...
Psalms 27:1 THE hypothesis that two originally distinct psalms or fragments are here blended has much in its favour. The rhythm and style of the latter half (Psalms 27:7) are strikingly unlike those o...
THE SONG OF FEARLESS TRUST IN GOD Psalms 27:1 This psalm probably dates from the time when the exiled king, surrounded by unscrupulous foes, looked from his hiding-place beyond the Jordan to the Hol...
The real significance of this psalm is that of the experience of worship. It is somewhat strange that the remarkable contrast between the first (vv. Psa 27:1-6) and second (vv. Psa 27:7-14) parts has...
"[A Psalm] of David." The LORD [is] my (a) light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD [is] the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? (a) Because he was assured of good success in a...
_Himself. The Hebrew and Septuagint (Roman and Alexandrian) have simply "of David." --- Ledavid. (Haydock) --- The psalm appears to be a sequel of the preceding, and we may adopt the rule of the Jews,...
CONTENTS We have in this Psalm the blessed effects most fully described of strong confidence and faith in God. The happiness of communion with God is also very beautifully set forth, and the certaint...
_‘DOMINUS ILLUMINATIO MEA’_ ‘The Lord is my light.’ Psalms 27:1 ‘The Lord is my light.’ Here only does David, in all his psalms, so speak of the Lord; and, indeed, this exact expression only occurs...
1._Jehovah is my light. _This commencement may be understood as meaning that David, having already experienced God’s mercy, publishes a testimony of his gratitude. But I rather incline to another mean...
In Psalms 27 we have two distinct parts, and, I apprehend, then in the last two Verses (Psa 27:21-22) the result for the mind of the saint as taught of God. The first part, Verses 1-6 (Psalms 27:1-6),...
THE LORD [IS] MY LIGHT AND MY SALVATION; WHOM SHALL I FEAR?.... The Targum in the king of Spain's Bible explains it, "the Word of the Lord is my light"; and so Ainsworth cites it; that is, Christ the...
Psalms 27:1 «[A Psalm] of David. » 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? Ver. 1. _The Lord is my light_] That i...
_The Lord is my light_ My counsellor in my difficulties, and my comforter and deliverer in all my distresses. David's subjects called him _the light of Israel;_ but he owns he shone, as the moon doth,...
The Lord is my Light, the only Source of all spiritual light, AND MY SALVATION, He who saves him from the darkness of oppression and persecution; WHOM SHALL I FEAR? THE LORD IS THE STRENGTH OF MY LIFE...
1-6 The Lord, who is the believer's light, is the strength of his life; not only by whom, but in whom he lives and moves. In God let us strengthen ourselves. The gracious presence of God, his power,...
PSALM 27 THE ARGUMENT It is apparent from the body of this Psalm, that David was not yet fully delivered from the trouble which his enemies gave him, both by their slanders and other ways. But whether...
Psalms 27:1 David H1732 LORD H3068 light H216 salvation H3468 fear H3372 (H8799) LORD H3068 strength H4581 life H2416 afraid H6342 (H8799) light - Psalms 18:28, Psalms 84:11; Job 29:3;...
‘YHWH is my light and my salvation, Whom shall I fear? YHWH is the strength of my life, Of whom shall I be afraid? The Psalm opens with a declaration of the Psalmists confidence in God, and his re...
Psalms 27:1 These words claim a close relation to God. They profess an entire allegiance to God. They involve the corresponding fealty to God that, howsoever His light may come to the soul, it will a...
Psalms 27:1. _The LORD is my tight and my salvation; whom shall I fear?_ If a man has a light that can never go out, a sun which will never set, and a salvation which must always save, and God is all...
CONTENTS: David glories in Jehovah's name and expresses triumphant faith. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: God is the believer's light and strength by whom and in whom he lives. We should therefo...
REFLECTIONS. This Psalm professes to have been written in mature age, and after David's head was lifted up above his enemies. The Lord was become his light and salvation; whom in future was he to fear...
_The Lord is my light and my salvation._ IMPLICIT TRUST This psalm was written by a man who was at the moment far down in the depths of spiritual conflict, and yet was holding a steady front against...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 27:1. In singing Psalms 27:1, God’s people have a way to express confidence in him and to respond to challenging life situations. The psalm describes a faithful person attac...
INTRODUCTION This psalm has been referred by some to the period of David’s waiting for the kingdom; by others, to the time of Absalom’s rebellion. _Hengstenberg_ says: “All attempts to find out any o...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm is one of those which have been called "composite"; and certainly it falls into two parts which offer the strongest possible contrast the one to the other. Part 1. (Psalms 27:1)...
Psa 27:1-14 begins with that song that we sang tonight. The LORD is my light [or Jehovah is my light] and my salvation: whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afra...
2 Corinthians 12:9; Exodus 15:2; Hebrews 13:6; Isaiah 12:2; Isaiah 2:5; Isaiah 45:24; Isaiah 51:6; Isaiah 60:1; Isaiah 60:19; Isaiah 60:20;...