Psalms 27:1

By David. The Lord delivers and vindicates me! ²  I fear no one! ³  The Lord protects my life! I am afraid of no one! ⁴ 

Ex 15:2; Job 29:3; Ps 3:8; Ps 11:1; Ps 18:1,2,46; Ps 18:2; Ps 18:28; Ps 19:14; Ps 28:7,8; Ps 43:2; Ps 46:1,2; Ps 56:2-4; Ps 62:2,6; Ps 68:19,20; Ps 84:11; Ps 118:6; Ps 118:14,15,21; Isa 2:5; Isa 12:2; Isa 45:24; Isa 51:6-8; Isa 60:1-3,19,20; Isa 61:10; Mic 7:7,8; Mal 4:2; Mt 8:26; Lu 2:30; Lu 3:6; Joh 1:1-5,9; Joh 8:12; Ro 8:31; 2Co 12:9; Php 4:13; Heb 13:6; Re 7:10; Re 21:23; Re 22:5

¹ sn Psalm 27. The author is confident of the Lord’s protection and asks the Lord to vindicate him.

² tn Heb “the Lord [is] my light and my deliverance.” “Light” is often used as a metaphor for deliverance and the life/blessings it brings. See Pss 37:6; 97:11; 112:4; Isa 49:6; 51:4; Mic 7:8. Another option is that “light” refers here to divine guidance (see Ps 43:3).

³ tn Heb “Whom shall I fear?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “No one!”

⁴ tn Heb “Of whom shall I be afraid?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “No one!”