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

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1-14: David sustains his faith by prayer.

light.

Psa. 18:28• ²⁸For thou lightest my lamp;{HR}Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness. (Psa. 18:28)

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Psa. 84:11• ¹¹For a sun and a shield [is] Jehovah God;{HR}Grace and glory will Jehovah give,{HR}No good thing will he withhold from those that walk uprightly. (Psa. 84:11)

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Job 29:3• ³When his lamp, it shone over my head —{HR}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 Jehovah. (Isa. 2:5)

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Isa. 60:1‑3,19‑20• ¹Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee.
²For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples: but Jehovah will arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
³And nations shall walk in thy light, and kings in 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 Jehovah 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 Jehovah 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• ⁷{i}But as for me, I will look unto Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.{/i}
⁸{i}Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: though I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah shall be a light unto me.{/i} (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 not one thing was made which hath been 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.
⁹The true light was that which, coming into the world ., lighteth every man (John 1:1‑5,9)

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John 8:12• ¹²Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall in no wise walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. (John 8:12)

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Rev. 21:23• ²³And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon, that they should shine on it: for the glory of God illumined it, and the Lamb {i}is{/i} the lamp of it. (Rev. 21:23)

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Rev. 22:5• ⁵And there shall be no night [there] and no need of lamp and sunlight; for the Lord God will illumine them: and they shall reign unto the ages of the ages. (Rev. 22:5)

salvation.

Psa. 3:8• ⁸To Jehovah [belongeth] salvation:{HR}Thy blessing [is] upon thy people. Selah. (Psa. 3:8)

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Psa. 18:2• ²Jehovah [is] my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;{HR}My God, my rock, I will trust in him;{HR}My shield and horn of my salvation, my refuge. (Psa. 18:2)

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Psa. 62:2,6• ²Only he [is] my rock and my salvation, my high place;{HR}I shall not be greatly moved.
⁶Only he [is] my rock and my salvation,{HR}My high place;{HR}I shall not be moved. (Psa. 62:2,6)

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Psa. 68:19‑20• ¹⁹Blessed [be] Adonai day by day loading us,{HR}The God of our salvation. Selah.
²⁰Our God is a God of salvation;{HR}And to Jehovah Adonai [belong] the issues from death. (Psa. 68:19‑20)

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Psa. 118:14‑15,21• ¹⁴My strength and song [is] Jah;{HR}And he is become my salvation.
¹⁵The voice of rejoicing and salvation [is] in the tents of the righteous;{HR}Jehovah's right hand doeth valiantly.
²¹I will give thee thanks,{HR}For thou hast answered me,{HR}And hast become my salvation. (Psa. 118:14‑15,21)

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Ex. 15:2• ²Jah is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation.{HR}{i}This is my God, and I will glorify him;{HR}My father's God, and I will extol him.{/i} (Ex. 15:2)

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Isa. 12:2• ²Behold, God [is] my salvation:{HR}I will trust and not be afraid;{HR}For Jah Jehovah [is] my strength and song;{HR}And he 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 forever, 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 dismayed at 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 forever, and my salvation unto all generations. (Isa. 51:6‑8)

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Isa. 61:10• ¹⁰I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, 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 the turban, 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 they cry with a loud voice, saying, The salvation to our God that sitteth on the throne and to the Lamb. (Rev. 7:10)

strength.

Psa. 18:1‑2,46• ¹To the chief musician, by a servant of Jehovah, by David, who spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul.{HR}And he said, I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.
²Jehovah [is] my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;{HR}My God, my rock, I will trust in him;{HR}My shield and horn of my salvation, my refuge.
⁴⁶Jehovah liveth, and blessed [is] my rock{HR}And exalted the God of my salvation, (Psa. 18:1‑2,46)

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Psa. 19:14• ¹⁴Let the words of my mouth{HR}And the meditation of my heart be acceptable before thee,{HR}O Jehovah, my rock and my redeemer. (Psa. 19:14)

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Psa. 28:7‑8• ⁷Jehovah [is] my strength and my shield,{HR}In him hath my heart trusted,{HR}And I have been helped;{HR}My heart also exulteth,{HR}And with my song do I praise him.
⁸Jehovah [is] strength to him,{HR}Yea, a stronghold of the salvation of his anointed [is] he. (Psa. 28:7‑8)

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Psa. 43:2• ²For thou [art] the God of my refuge: why hast thou cast me off?{HR}Why do I walk mourning under the oppression of the enemy? (Psa. 43:2)

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Isa. 45:24• ²⁴Only in Jehovah, shall [one] say, have I righteousness and strength: 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 hath said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for [my] power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses that the power of Christ may rest on me. (2 Cor. 12:9)

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Phil. 4:13• ¹³In all things I am strong in him that empowereth me. (Phil. 4:13)

of whom.

Psa. 11:1• ¹To the chief musician, [a Psalm] of David.{HR}In Jehovah have I trusted:{HR}How say ye to my soul,{HR}Flee to your mountain [as] a bird? (Psa. 11:1)

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Psa. 46:1‑2• ¹To the chief musician, for the sons of Korah; upon Alamoth, a song.{HR}God [is] a refuge and strength to us,{HR}A help in distresses very readily found.
²Therefore will we not fear in the changing of the earth{HR}And in the moving of the mountains into the heart of the seas. (Psa. 46:1‑2)

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Psa. 56:2‑4• ²They that lie in wait for me would swallow [me] up all the day,{HR}For many fight proudly against me.
³The day I am afraid I will trust in thee.
⁴In God will I praise his word;{HR}In God have I trusted;{HR}I will not fear:{HR}What shall flesh do unto me? (Psa. 56:2‑4)

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Psa. 118:6• ⁶Jehovah [is] for me:{HR}I will not fear;{HR}What can man do unto me? (Psa. 118:6)

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Matt. 8:26• ²⁶{i}And he says to them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then, having arisen, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.{/i} (Matt. 8:26)

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

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Heb. 13:6• ⁶so that we courageously say, Jehovah [is] my helper, and I will not be afraid: what shall man do to 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. (“Psalm 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. (“Psalm 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?

JND Translation Notes

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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."

W. Kelly Translation

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Of David.{HR}Jehovah [is] my light and my salvation;{HR}Whom shall I fear?{HR}Jehovah is the fortress of my life;{HR}Of whom shall I be afraid?