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Psa. 27:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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<<A Psalm of David.>> The Lordb 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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Mic. 7:7‑8• ⁷Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
⁸Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me. (Mic. 7:7‑8)

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1-14: David sustains his faith by prayer.

light.

Psa. 18:28• ²⁸For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness. (Psa. 18:28)

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Psa. 84:11• ¹¹For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. (Psa. 84:11)

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Job 29:3• ³When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; (Job 29:3)

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Isa. 2:5• ⁵O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord. (Isa. 2:5)

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Isa. 60:1‑3,19‑20• ¹Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
²For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
³And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
¹⁹The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
²⁰Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. (Isa. 60:1‑3,19‑20)

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Mic. 7:7‑8• ⁷Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
⁸Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me. (Mic. 7:7‑8)

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Mal. 4:2• ²But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. (Mal. 4:2)

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John 1:1‑5,9• ¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
²The same was in the beginning with God.
³All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
⁴In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
⁵And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
⁹That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. (John 1:1‑5,9)

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John 8:12• ¹²Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. (John 8:12)

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Rev. 21:23• ²³And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. (Rev. 21:23)

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Rev. 22:5• ⁵And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever. (Rev. 22:5)

salvation.

Psa. 3:8• ⁸Salvation belongeth unto the Lord: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah. (Psa. 3:8)

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Psa. 18:2• ²The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. (Psa. 18:2)

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Psa. 62:2,6• ²He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
⁶He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved. (Psa. 62:2,6)

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Psa. 68:19‑20• ¹⁹Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.
²⁰He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death. (Psa. 68:19‑20)

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Psa. 118:14‑15,21• ¹⁴The Lord is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
¹⁵The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly.
²¹I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. (Psa. 118:14‑15,21)

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Ex. 15:2• ²The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him. (Ex. 15:2)

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Isa. 12:2• ²Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. (Isa. 12:2)

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Isa. 51:6‑8• ⁶Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
⁷Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
⁸For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation. (Isa. 51:6‑8)

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Isa. 61:10• ¹⁰I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. (Isa. 61:10)

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Luke 2:30• ³⁰For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, (Luke 2:30)

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Luke 3:6• ⁶And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. (Luke 3:6)

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Rev. 7:10• ¹⁰And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. (Rev. 7:10)

strength.

Psa. 18:1‑2,46• ¹<<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,>> I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.
²The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
⁴⁶The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted. (Psa. 18:1‑2,46)

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Psa. 19:14• ¹⁴Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer. (Psa. 19:14)

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Psa. 28:7‑8• ⁷The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
⁸The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed. (Psa. 28:7‑8)

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Psa. 43:2• ²For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? (Psa. 43:2)

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Isa. 45:24• ²⁴Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. (Isa. 45:24)

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2 Cor. 12:9• ⁹And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. (2 Cor. 12:9)

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Phil. 4:13• ¹³I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. (Phil. 4:13)

of whom.

Psa. 11:1• ¹<<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.>> In the Lord put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? (Psa. 11:1)

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Psa. 46:1‑2• ¹<<To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.>> God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
²Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; (Psa. 46:1‑2)

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Psa. 56:2‑4• ²Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
³What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
⁴In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. (Psa. 56:2‑4)

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Psa. 118:6• ⁶The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? (Psa. 118:6)

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Matt. 8:26• ²⁶And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. (Matt. 8:26)

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Rom. 8:31• ³¹What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? (Rom. 8:31)

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Heb. 13:6• ⁶So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. (Heb. 13:6)

• Book 1, Series 5. The beginning of sorrows. (““The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy”” by B. Anstey)

• The connection of confidence in thinking of the enemies, and exercise of heart when looking to God, I think instructive, though at first sight it seems strange in this psalm. Confidence is not indifference or insensibility; but true exercises of heart with God. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 25-28” by J.N. Darby)

• Jehovah is the saints' light by faith, lightens up all around. There is no power of darkness for the spirit, when darkness is there in power. It rules in the enemies, but light is in the heart from the Lord, and it walks thus in the light. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 25-28” by J.N. Darby)

• The same revelation of Jehovah which gives light, gives us in the light to be assured of the deliverance: I do not say necessarily to see the deliverance, for the how may be obscured, but to be assured of it. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 25-28” by J.N. Darby)

• In the first portion of the psalm (1-6) there is great confidence in the presence of enemies because of what the believer has found in the Lord―light and salvation. In the second portion (7-14) there is deep exercise of soul in the presence of the Lord because of what the believer finds in himself. (“Psalms 27” by H. Smith)

• He has “light” from the Lord in the midst of the prevailing darkness; he knows the Lord will, in His own time, deliver him from all his enemies; in the meantime he has the support of the Lord. (“Psalms 27” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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A Psalm of David. Jehovah is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraide?

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"Fear" and "be afraid" are nearly the same, but it seems that the latter is more "terror," even used of Jehovah. see 1 Sam. 11.7; Ps. 36.1; "fear" more in a godly sense, as Prov. 1.7, yet ver. 3 here does mean simple "fear."