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?
2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh,
they stumbled and fell.
3 Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear:
though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
4 One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after;
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.
5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion:
in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me;
he shall set me up upon a rock.
6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me:
therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy;
I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord.
7 Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice:
have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee,
Thy face, Lord, will I seek.
9 Hide not thy face far from me;
put not thy servant away in anger:
thou hast been my help; leave me not,
neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
10 When my father and my mother forsake me,
then the Lord will take me up.
11 Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies:
for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
13 I had fainted, unless I had believed
to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
14 Wait on the Lord:
be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart:wait, I say, on the Lord.
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Comments by Joan Boney
Psalm 27 ... 1 The Lord is my light (The Lord (THE WORD) ... my light ... allows me to see ...)
and my salvation; (By THE WORD I am safe ... therefore nothing to fear in going forth or in waiting)
whom shall I fear?
the Lord (THE WORD) is the strength of my life; (Word is my power & authority)
of whom shall I be afraid?
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Psalm 27 ... 3 my heart shall not fear: (because HE through the Word has shown me what to do)
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Psalm 27 ... 3 though war should rise against me, in this (THE WORD) will I be confident. (feeling of certainty)
Blessed assurance ... having full trust in the Word God speaks to me by HIS Spirit
Romans 4 ... 13 For the promise, that he (Abraham) should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:15 Because the law worketh wrath:for where no law is, there is no transgression.
16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb:
20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; 21 And being fully persuaded that, what HE had promised, HE was able also to perform.
22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
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Psalm 27 ... 11 Teach me Thy way, O Lord,
"Thy way" ... a way of peace ...
and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
"plain path" ... direct,clear, simple / easy to perceive or understand
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Psalm 27 ... 14 Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and HE shall strengthen thine heart:wait, I say, on the Lord.
courage: act on the Word HE has given you despite danger or disapproval
- act without retreating
- endure in adversity
1 Peter 5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
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Isaiah 54 ... 17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper;
and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.
The gates of hell shall not prevail against that Word of God revealed to us by HIS Spirit. (Mt. 16:18)