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God's goodness, Psalms 27:1. Psalms 27:2. His own experience, Psalms 27:2. To which he adds, 3. What God would do for him. 1. He would hide him in his tabernacle, Psalms 27:5. 2. That though his father and mother should forsake him, God would take him up, Psalms 27:10. 3. That he should see the goodness of God in the land of the living, Psalms ...
Feb 24, 2013 · Commentary on Psalm 27. Paul O. Myhre. Share: Psalm 27 invites reflection about the contours of human confidence, theological reflection and discernment, and prayer. With poetic breathing, each verse exhalation prompts new reflections about the activity of God and where God might be discerned.
Psalm 27:1. The Lord is my light — My counsellor in my difficulties, and my comforter and deliverer in all my distresses. David’s subjects called him the light of Israel; but he owns he shone, as the moon doth, with a borrowed light: the light which God communicated to him reflected upon them.
If, then, we take the psalm as a whole, it gives a picture of the transitions of a trustful soul surrounded by dangers, in which all such souls may recognise their own likeness. The first half (Psalm 27:1-6) is the exultant song of soaring faith. But even in it there sounds an undertone.
Chapter Contents. The psalmist's faith. (1-6) His desire toward God, and expectation from him. (7-14) Commentary on Psalm 27:1-6. (Read Psalm 27:1-6) The Lord, who is the believer's light, is the strength of his life; not only by whom, but in whom he lives and moves. In God let us strengthen ourselves.
27:1-6 The Lord, who is the believer's light, is the strength of his life; not only by whom, but in whom he lives and moves. In God let us strengthen ourselves. The gracious presence of God, his power, his promise, his readiness to hear prayer, the witness of his Spirit in the hearts of his people; these are the secret of his tabernacle, and in ...
"If God be for us, who can be against us?" ( Romans 8:31 ). Who can be to be feared? (see Psalms 118:6 ). Not man certainly; for" what can man do unto us?"
