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Psalms 27

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Part of Book I📖 Psalms introduction

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1Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread? ✦ 2When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell. ✦ 3Though an army encamps around me, my heart will not fear; though a war breaks out against me, I will keep my trust. ✦ 4One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple. ✦ 5For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock. ✦ 6Then my head will be held high above my enemies around me. At His tabernacle I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD. ✦ 7Hear, O LORD, my voice when I call; be merciful and answer me. ✦ 8My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek. ✦ 9Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation. ✦ 10Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me. ✦ 11Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path, because of my oppressors. ✦ 12Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence. ✦ 13Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. ✦ 14Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD! ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Ps 25 ·6Ps 18 ·6Ps 62 ·5Ps 26 ·4Ps 56 ·4Ps 31 ·4Ps 118 ·4Ps 119 ·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.

Resources, by level

Lay

  • ★ 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.

Commentaries & study tools

  • 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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