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Psalms 27

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1The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom should I fear? The Lord is the defense of my life; Whom should I dread? ✦ 2When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell. ✦ 3If an army encamps against me, My heart will not fear; If war arises against me, In spite of this I am confident. ✦ 4¶One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek: 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 meditate in His temple. ✦ 5For on the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle; He will hide me in the secret place of His tent; He will lift me up on a rock. ✦ 6And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me, And I will offer sacrifices in His tent with shouts of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord. ✦ 7¶Hear, Lord, when I cry with my voice, And be gracious to me and answer me. ✦ 8When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You, “I shall seek Your face, Lord.” ✦ 9Do not hide Your face from me, Do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not abandon me nor forsake me, God of my salvation! ✦ 10For my father and my mother have forsaken me, But the Lord will take me up. ✦ 11¶Teach me Your way, Lord, And lead me on a level path Because of my enemies. ✦ 12Do not turn me over to the desire of my enemies, For false witnesses have risen against me, And the violent witness. ✦ 13I certainly believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living. ✦ 14Wait for the Lord; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait 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.

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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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