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Psalms 27

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1By David. Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? ✦ 2When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell. ✦ 3Though an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, even then I will be confident. ✦ 4One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in Yahweh’s house all the days of my life, to see Yahweh’s beauty, and to inquire in his temple. ✦ 5For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the covert of his tabernacle he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock. ✦ 6Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me; I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to Yahweh. ✦ 7Hear, Yahweh, when I cry with my voice. Have mercy also on me, and answer me. ✦ 8When you said, “Seek my face,” my heart said to you, “I will seek your face, Yahweh.” ✦ 9Don’t hide your face from me. Don’t put your servant away in anger. You have been my help. Don’t abandon me, neither forsake me, God of my salvation. ✦ 10When my father and my mother forsake me, then Yahweh will take me up. ✦ 11Teach me your way, Yahweh. Lead me in a straight path, because of my enemies. ✦ 12Don’t deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty. ✦ 13I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living. ✦ 14Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Ps 25 ·6Ps 18 ·6Ps 62 ·5Ps 118 ·42 Cor 4 ·4Luke 2 ·4Ps 56 ·4Ps 3 ·4

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 27 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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  • ★ Start hereAudioThrough the WordThrough the Word · ~10 min/chapter · Free · evangelical

    A clear ~10-minute audio teaching for every one of the Bible's 1,189 chapters — the most systematic free way to study chapter by chapter.

  • ★ Start hereCommentaryPsalms (Tyndale OT Commentaries)Derek Kidner · Paid · evangelical

    Concise, theologically rich, and wonderfully accessible — the best place to start on the Psalms.

Pastoral

  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

    Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — Psalms 27David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceBlue Letter Bible — Psalms 27Blue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Interlinear, lexicon, and study tools across the chapter.

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