Psalm 27:1 (BSB)

Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread?

From Psalms 27. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Psalm 27:1

• John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Psalm 27:1-14: PSALM 27. In this psalm, David rehearses the desires and meditations with which he had exercised himself in the midst of his great dangers. The thanksgivings which he mingles with them show that it was composed after his deliverance. It is also probable that he repeats at once the prayers which had exercised his thoughts in his different meditations.
• C.H. Spurgeon (Reformed Baptist), The Treasury of David on Psalm 27:1: The Lord is my light and my salvation. Here is personal interest, "my light, ""my salvation; " the soul is assured of it, and therefore, declaring it boldly. "My light; " —into the soul at the new birth divine light is poured as the precursor of salvation; where there is not enough light to see our own darkness and to long for the Lord Jesus...
• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Psalm 27:1-6: We may observe here, I. With what a lively faith David triumphs in God, glories in his holy name, and in the interest he had in him. 1. The Lord is my light. David's subjects called him the light of Israel, Sa2 21:17.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Psalm 27:1: The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?.... The Targum in the king of Spain's Bible explains it, "the Word of the Lord is my light"; and so Ainsworth cites it; that is, Christ the eternal Word, in whom "was life, and that life was the light of men", Joh 1:4; and the psalmist is not to be understood of the...