Psalms 27:1 Commentary, explanation, 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? ”

• Psalms 27:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  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 o...

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• Psalms 27:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  "[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...

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• Psalms 27:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  XXVII. Many scholars hold that we have here two Pss., and not without reason. Psalms 27:1-6 is the expression of childlike trust under favourable circumstances: in Psalms 27:7-14 the poet is in...

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• Psalms 27:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  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 a...

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• Psalms 27:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  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 ano...

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• Psalms 27:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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? The Lord is my light and my salvation - This light ca...

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• Psalms 27:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  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...

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• Psalms 27:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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 27:1-14 -The deliverance which results from waiting on the Lo...

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• Psalms 27:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Strength ] in the sense of 'stronghold': see Psalms 18:2 .

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• Psalms 27:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  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...

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• Psalms 27:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Psalms 27:1-14 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 27:7-14 ) are strikingly un...

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• Psalms 27:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Song of Fearless Trust in God Psalms 27:1-14 This psalm probably dates from the time when the exiled king, surrounded by unscrupulous foes, looked from his hiding-place beyond the Jordan to...

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• Psalms 27:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Psalms 27:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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 certain...

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• Psalms 27:1 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  ‘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 occ...

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• Psalms 27:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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 t...

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• Psalms 27:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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 ] Th...

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• Psalms 27:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Psalms 27:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Devout Confidence; Encouragement in Prayers. A psalm of David.       1 The L ORD is my light and my salvation; whom sha...

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• Psalms 27:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  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 whet...

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• Psalms 27:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘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 r...

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• Psalms 27:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• Psalms 27:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  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 wil...

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• Psalms 27:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  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...

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• Psalms 27:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 f...

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• Psalms 27:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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 agai...

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• Psalms 27:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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. ( Psal...

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• Psalms 27:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  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...

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• Psalms 27:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Corinthians 12:9 ; Exodus 15:2 ; Hebrews 13:6 ; Isaiah 12:2 ; Isaiah 2:5 ; Isaiah 45:24 ; Isaiah 51:6-8 ; Isaiah 60:1-3 ; Isaiah 60:19 ; Isaiah 60:20 ; Isaiah 61:10 ; Job 29:3 ; John 1...

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