Psalms 27:3

Psalms 27:3. Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

You know that, usually, we do fear just before the battle begins, - when we see the enemy encamped against us. We do not know what they are going to do, and we are sure to imagine the very worst; but such was David’s confidence in his God, that he said, "Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear." There they lie, their legions marshalled against him in all their dread array; but says the psalmist, "In this will I be confident." Oh! the joy of the man who has received this confidence from God; and who is, therefore, -

"Calm ‘mid the bewildering cry,

Confident of victory."