The Bible — notes and cross-references in Psalms | Interpretation and commentary to chapter 27

27:0^a Of David

Psa. 3 title
27:1^a light

Isa. 60:20; Micah 7:8
27:1^b salvation

Exo. 15:2; Psa. 118:14; Isa. 12:2; 62:11; Rev. 7:10
27:4^1a house

Psa. 23:6; 26:8

In vv. 4-6 the psalmist appreciated not the law, as in Psa. 1, but the enjoyment of God in His house. In God’s house, that is, in Christ (John 1:14; 2:21) and in the church (1 Tim. 3:15), we behold God’s beauty and inquire of God (v. 4), are concealed from calamities and hidden from our pursuers (v. 5a-b), are raised up and have our heads lifted up by God (vv. 5-6a), and offer up sacrifices of shouts of joy and sing and psalm to God (v. 6b-c).
27:4^b behold

2 Cor. 3:18
27:4^2c beauty

Psa. 90:17

Or, loveliness, pleasantness, delightfulness.
27:5^a hiding

Psa. 31:20; 91:1
27:6^a Sacrifices

Heb. 13:15
27:6^b psalm

Eph. 5:19; Col. 3:16
27:8^a Seek

1 Chron. 16:11; Psa. 24:6; 105:4; Heb. 11:6
27:12^a false

1 Kings 21:13; Psa. 35:11; Matt. 26:59; Mark 14:56
27:13¹ I

Some MSS insert, Unless.