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Psalms 27:1

The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 27:1

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

The Lord is my Light (comp. ; , , ; ). The statement does not occur in any other place in the Old Testament, though the idea may be found in , ; ; and elsewhere.

Light has been well called "this profoundly beautiful name of God" (Delitzsch). And my Salvation (comp. ; , ). Whom shall I fear? "If God be for us, who can be against us?"

(). Who can be to be feared? (see ). Not man certainly; for" what can man do unto us?" Not other gods; for they are nonentities. Not devils; for they can do nothing but by God's permission.

The Lord is the Strength of my life; literally, the stronghold (comp. ; ; ; ). Of whom shall I be afraid? The question is superfluous, but is repeated to complete the balance of the clauses.

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