The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom should I fear?
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?
-Psalm 27:1 (NKJV)
Notes-
Joseph Benson:
My counsellor in my difficulties, and my comforter and deliverer in all my distresses.
The protector of my exposed life, who keeps me from being slain, and the supporter of my weak and frail life, by whom I am upheld and preserved in being. God, who is a believer’s life, is the strength of his life: not only the person by whom, but in whom he lives.
Albert Barnes:
He is to me the source of light. That is, He guides and leads me.
Darkness is the emblem of distress, trouble, perplexity, and sorrow; light is the emblem of the opposite of these.
The support of my life. Or, in other words, He keeps me alive.
Charles Spurgeon:
He is light, he is salvation.
Charles John Ellicott:
Strength.—Better, defense or bulwark; Heb., maôz, rendered “rock,” Judges 6:26 (margin, strong place); used in Isaiah 17:9 of fortified cities; as here, Psalm 37:39; Psalm 43:2; LXX., “shields;” Vulg., “protector.”
Albert Barnes:
He is to me the source of light. That is, He guides and leads me.
Darkness is the emblem of distress, trouble, perplexity, and sorrow; light is the emblem of the opposite of these.
The support of my life. Or, in other words, He keeps me alive.
Charles Spurgeon:
He is light, he is salvation.
Charles John Ellicott:
Strength.—Better, defense or bulwark; Heb., maôz, rendered “rock,” Judges 6:26 (margin, strong place); used in Isaiah 17:9 of fortified cities; as here, Psalm 37:39; Psalm 43:2; LXX., “shields;” Vulg., “protector.”
Peter C. Craigie:
A statement of confidence (that) expresses the absolute certainty that banishes fear, regardless of the dimensions of the threat. The confidence is based upon the Lord, who is described in three terms: light, salvation, and refuge.
Light implies a force that automatically dispels darkness (here enemies, specifically military dangers). The psalmist is affirming that even in the darkness of terrible threat of war, he has no fear, for God is the light that can dispel such darkness.
Salvation (victory or deliverance) emphasizes God's ability to give victory, regardless of the military odds against success.
Refuge (stronghold) carries connotations of a place of safety in a military context.
A statement of confidence (that) expresses the absolute certainty that banishes fear, regardless of the dimensions of the threat. The confidence is based upon the Lord, who is described in three terms: light, salvation, and refuge.
Light implies a force that automatically dispels darkness (here enemies, specifically military dangers). The psalmist is affirming that even in the darkness of terrible threat of war, he has no fear, for God is the light that can dispel such darkness.
Salvation (victory or deliverance) emphasizes God's ability to give victory, regardless of the military odds against success.
Refuge (stronghold) carries connotations of a place of safety in a military context.
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