2. Psalm 27
A Psalm of David
1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom
shall I fear? The LORD is the defense of my life;
Whom shall I dread? 2 When evildoers came
upon me to devour my flesh, My adversaries
and my enemies, they stumbled and fell. 3
Though a host encamp against me, My heart
will not fear; Though war arise against me, In
spite of this I shall be confident. 4 One thing I
have asked from the LORD, that I shall seek:

3. That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all
the days of my life, To behold the beauty of
the LORD And to meditate in His temple. 5 For
in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His
tabernacle; In the secret place of His tent He
will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock. 6 And
now my head will be lifted up above my
enemies around me, And I will offer in His tent
sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing, yes, I
will sing praises to the LORD. 7 Hear, O LORD,
when I cry with my voice, And be gracious to
me and answer me. 8 When You said, “Seek
My face,”

4. my heart said to You, “Your face, O LORD, I shall
seek.” 9 Do not hide Your face from me, Do not
turn Your servant away in anger; You have
been my help; Do not abandon me nor forsake
me, O God of my salvation! 10 For my father
and my mother have forsaken me, But the
LORD will take me up. 11 Teach me Your way, O
LORD, And lead me in a level path Because of
my foes. 12 Do not deliver me over to the
desire of my adversaries, For false witnesses
have risen against me, And such as breathe
out violence.

5. 13 I would have despaired unless I had
believed that I would see the goodness of the
LORD In the land of the living. 14 Wait for the
LORD; Be strong and let your heart take
courage; Yes, wait for the LORD.

7. The Greek Translation
LXX- the work of seventy Jewish scholars
A Royal Psalm-the speaker is understood to be
the king
“Before he was anointed”
My defense or refuge Greek the word is
Champion or Master of the Keep

8. Underline these
The LORD is my light
and my salvation;
Whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the
defense of my life;
Whom shall I dread?
Light-all that is positive
and creative
Salvation- deliverance,
salvation, rescue,
safety, welfare
Defense-the person of
God

9. Light
Come, house of
Jacob, and let us
walk in the light of
the LORD.
Isaiah 2:5
And the light of
Israel will become a
fire and his Holy One
a flame, And it will
burn and devour his
thorns and his briars
in a single day.
Isaiah 10:17

10. Grow in your view
The LORD is my
strength and song,
And He has become
my salvation; This is
my God, and I will
praise Him; My
father’s God, and I
will extol Him.
Exodus 15:2
But I will sacrifice to
You With the voice
of thanksgiving. That
which I have vowed I
will pay. Salvation is
from the LORD.”
Jonah 2:9

11. Past, present, future
like newborn babies,
long for the pure
milk of the word, so
that by it you may
grow in respect to
salvation,
1 Peter 2:2

12. A hard thought
Jesus understand
totally
For it was fitting for
Him, for whom are
all things, and
through whom are
all things, in bringing
many sons to glory,
to perfect the author
of their salvation
through sufferings.
Hebrews 2:10

13. Notice the tenses
When evildoers came upon me to devour my
flesh, My adversaries and my enemies, they
stumbled and fell. Though a host encamp
against me, My heart will not fear; Though
war arise against me, In spite of this I shall be
confident.
Past
Future

14. Attitude
…for He Himself has said, “I
WILL NEVER DESERT YOU, NOR
WILL I EVER FORSAKE YOU,” so
that we confidently say,
“THE LORD IS MY HELPER, I WILL
NOT BE AFRAID. WHAT WILL
MAN DO TO ME?”
Hebrews 13:5b–6
Who will I fear?
Who will I dread?
Heart will not fear.
I will be confident.

15. It depends on what you ask
One thing I have asked from the LORD, that I
shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of
the LORD all the days of my life, To behold the
beauty of the LORD And to meditate in His
temple.

16. The beauty is God
 Temple was not build
 Simi-permanent tent
 Being in God’s presence

17. Trouble is coming
For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in
His tabernacle; In the secret place of His tent
He will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock.
And now my head will be lifted up above my
enemies around me, And I will offer in His tent
sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing, yes, I
will sing praises to the LORD.
Faith is activated

18. Part II: Trouble’s here!
Hear, O LORD, when I
cry with my voice,
And be gracious to
me and answer me.
Prayer
Expect and answer

19. Abandonment issues
Do not hide Your face from me, Do not turn
Your servant away in anger; You have been my
help; Do not abandon me nor forsake me, O
God of my salvation! For my father and my
mother have forsaken me, But the LORD will
take me up.

20. The cure When You said, “Seek My
face,” my heart said to You,
“Your face, O LORD,
I shall seek.”
Teach me Your way, O LORD,
And lead me in a level path
Because of my foes.
 favor of the
Lord
way of the
Lord

21. It takes time
I would have despaired unless I had believed
that I would see the goodness of the LORD In
the land of the living. Wait for the LORD; Be
strong and let your heart take courage; Yes,
wait for the LORD.

22. We don’t like to wait
Yet those who wait for the LORD Will gain new
strength; They will mount up with wings like
eagles, They will run and not get tired, They
will walk and not become weary.
Isaiah 40:31

23. Waiting for what is not seen
For we who live are
constantly being
delivered over to
death for Jesus’ sake,
so that the life of
Jesus also may be
manifested in our
mortal flesh.
2 Corinthians 4:11

24. Waiting for what is not seen
while we look not at
the things which are
seen, but at the
things which are not
seen; for the things
which are seen are
temporal, but the
things which are not
seen are eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:18