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Psalms 27

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1The 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? ✦ 2When the wicked came against me To eat up my flesh, My enemies and foes, They stumbled and fell. ✦ 3Though an army may encamp against me, My heart shall not fear; Though war may rise against me, In this I will be confident. ✦ 4One thing I have desired of the Lord, That will I 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 inquire in His temple. ✦ 5For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock. ✦ 6And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me; Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord. ✦ 7Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice! Have mercy also upon me, and answer me. ✦ 8When You said, “Seek My face,” My heart said to You, “Your face, Lord, I will seek.” ✦ 9Do not hide Your face from me; Do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not leave me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation. ✦ 10When my father and my mother forsake me, Then the Lord will take care of me. ✦ 11Teach me Your way, O Lord, And lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies. ✦ 12Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries; For false witnesses have risen against me, And such as breathe out violence. ✦ 13I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living. ✦ 14Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord! ✦

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Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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.

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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