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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 27 [A Psalm] of David. The Septuagint interpreters add to this title, "before he was anointed". David was anointed three times, first when a youth in his father's house; but this psalm could not be written before that time, because he had not had then any experience of war, nor could be in any immediate apprehension of it, as here suggested; he was anointed a second time,...
John Gill
The Lord [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?.... The Targum in the king of Spain's Bible explains it, "the Word of the Lord is my light"; and so Ainsworth cites it; that is, Christ the eternal Word, in whom "was life, and that life was the light of men", John 1:4; and the psalmist is not to be understood of the light of nature and reason, with which the Logos, or Word, enlightens...
Matthew Henry
Some think David penned this psalm before his coming to the throne, when he was in the midst of his troubles, and perhaps upon occasion of the death of his parents; but the Jews think he penned it when he was old, upon occasion of the wonderful deliverance he had from the sword of the giant, when Abishai succoured him (2 Sam. xxi. 16, 17) and his people thereupon resolved he should never venture...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Ver. 1. The Lord is my light and my salvation. Here is personal interest, "my light, ""my salvation; "the soul is assured of it, and therefore, declaring it boldly. "My light; " —into the soul at the new birth divine light is poured as the precursor of salvation; where there is not enough light to see our own darkness and to long for the Lord Jesus, there is no evidence of salvation. Salvation...
Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD is my tight and my salvation; whom shall I fear? If a man has a light that can never go out, — a sun which will never set, —and a salvation which must always save, — and God is all that and more to everyone who trusts him, — then what ground has he for fear Psa_27:1. The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? If I live in him, and he lives in me, who can kill me? Who...
Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? If all your light comes from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning, you need not be afraid of losing your light. “The Lord is my light and my salvation.” If your salvation comes from the God of salvation, if it is wrought out by the Saviour, our Lord Jesus Christ, you need not be afraid that you will...
Charles H. Spurgeon
The 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? A sort of trembling seems to have been creeping over him, so he argues thus with his own heart, “Why should I be dismayed? Am I afraid of coming darkness? ‘The Lord is my light.’ Do dangers surround me? The Lord is my salvation. Do I expect stern labour or severe suffering?...
Charles H. Spurgeon
The 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? David leaves the broken cisterns of the earth, which can hold no water, and goes directly to the divine fountain-head. He does not say, “Ahithophel is my light, Uzzia, the Ashterathite, is my friend and my joy; but he says, “Jehovah is my light.” Candles soon burn out, but the...
Charles H. Spurgeon
The Lord is my light and my salvation; First comes light, and then salvation. We are not saved in ignorance; the knowledge of our sinfulness is revealed to us, we discover our true condition in the sight of God, and then we perceive the mercy and the love of God. We see first the light and then the fullness of salvation, for this is not a matter of the past only, but of the present. At this very...
Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD is my light and my salvation; I find no comfort anywhere else but in him, and expect salvation from none but himself. “The Lord is my light and my salvation.” Psa_27:1. Whom shall I fear! the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid! Who can stand against him? What strength can resist his strength? What darkness can baffle his light? What foes can prevent his salvation?