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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• ⁷But as for me, I will look unto Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
⁸Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: though I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah 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 it is thou that makest my lamp to shine: Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness. (Psa. 18:28)

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Psa. 84:11• ¹¹For Jehovah Elohim is a sun and shield: Jehovah 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 lamp shone over my head, and by his light I walked through darkness; (Job 29:3)

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Isa. 2:5• ⁵House 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 on thee.
³And the nations shall walk by thy light, and kings by 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 thine 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• ⁷But as for me, I will look unto Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
⁸Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: though I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah shall be a light unto me. (Mic. 7:7‑8)

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Mal. 4:2• ²And unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth and leap like fatted calves. (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.
²*He* was in the beginning with God.
³All things received being through him, and without him not one thing received being which has received being.
⁴In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
⁵And the light appears in darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.
⁹The true light was that which, coming into the world, lightens 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 follows 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 has no need of the sun nor of the moon, that they should shine for it; for the glory of God has enlightened it, and the lamp thereof is the Lamb. (Rev. 21:23)

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Rev. 22:5• ⁵And night shall not be any more, and no need of a lamp, and light of the sun; for the Lord God shall shine upon them, and they shall reign to the ages of ages. (Rev. 22:5)

salvation.

Psa. 3:8• ⁸Salvation is of Jehovah; 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; my *God, my rock, in whom I will trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower. (Psa. 18:2)

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

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Psa. 68:19‑20• ¹⁹Blessed be the Lord: day by day doth he load us with good, the *God who is our salvation. Selah.
²⁰Our *God is the *God of salvation; and with Jehovah, the Lord, are the goings forth even from death. (Psa. 68:19‑20)

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Psa. 118:14‑15,21• ¹⁴My strength and song is Jah, and he is become my salvation.
¹⁵The voice of triumph and salvation is in the tents of the righteous: the right hand of Jehovah doeth valiantly;
²¹I will give thee thanks, for thou hast answered me, and art become my salvation. (Psa. 118:14‑15,21)

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

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Isa. 12:2• ²Behold, *God is my salvation: I will trust, and not be afraid; for Jah, Jehovah, is my strength and song, 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 on the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall grow 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 not the reproach of men, and be not 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 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 priestly 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, Salvation to our God who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb. (Rev. 7:10)

strength.

Psa. 18:1‑2,46• ¹To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David, the servant of Jehovah, who spoke to Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies and out of the hand of Saul. And he said, I will love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.
²Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my *God, my rock, in whom I will trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
⁴⁶Jehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of my salvation, (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 Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer. (Psa. 19:14)

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Psa. 28:7‑8• ⁷Jehovah is my strength and my shield; my heart confided in him, and I was helped: therefore my heart exulteth, and with my song will I praise him.
⁸Jehovah is their strength; and he is the stronghold of salvation to his anointed one. (Psa. 28:7‑8)

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Psa. 43:2• ²For thou art the God of my strength: why hast thou cast me off? why go I about mourning because of 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 said to me, My grace suffices thee; for my power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of the Christ may dwell upon me. (2 Cor. 12:9)

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Phil. 4:13• ¹³I have strength for all things in him that gives me power. (Phil. 4:13)

of whom.

Psa. 11:1• ¹To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. In Jehovah have I put 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• ¹To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. On Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, a help in distresses, very readily found.
²Therefore will we not fear though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the heart of the seas; (Psa. 46:1‑2)

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Psa. 56:2‑4• ²Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; for they are many that fight against me haughtily.
³In the day that I am afraid, I will confide in thee.
⁴In God will I praise his word, in God I put my confidence: I will not fear; what can flesh do unto me? (Psa. 56:2‑4)

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Psa. 118:6• ⁶Jehovah is for me, I will not fear; what can man do unto me? (Psa. 118:6)

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Matt. 8:26• ²⁶And 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. (Matt. 8:26)

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

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Heb. 13:6• ⁶So that, taking courage, we may say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not be afraid: what will man 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."