RRB Notes on Psalm 27

Psalms 27 KJV

A Psalm of David

1. The LORD is my light [a] and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

[a] John 1:5; 1 John 1:7

2. When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. [b]

[b] Partially fulfilled in John 18:6; completely fulfilled at the Second Advent (Isa. 8:14-15).

3. Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me,[c] in this will I be confident.

[c] Second Advent (Zech. 14:2).

4. One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; 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 enquire in his temple.

5. For in the time of trouble [d] he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. [1]

[d] Tribulation (Jer. 30:7). 

[1] The godless rascals who messed up 2 Timothy 2:15, never put themselves in the shoes of an Orthodox Jew reading his Old Testament while in one of Hitler’s concentration camps. Imagine him trying to claim the promises found in Psalm 27:5, 7, 9, or 12. That is why so many Jews today are atheists. If a man is not a dispensationalist, he is mentally handicapped and dangerous.

Now, you can make some beautiful spiritual applications to the Christian’s present sufferings for Christ (Mal. 4:2; Rom. 8:18; 2 Cor. 4:17), but if you try to apply the verse doctrinally now, you will be in for a rude awakening – whether you are a Jew or a Christian (see Foxe’s Book of Martyrs).

6. And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; [e] I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.

[e] The Millennial Temple and sacrifices of Ezek. 40-48.

7. Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

8. When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. [f]

[f] Psalm 24:6.

9. Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

10. When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up. [2][g]

[2] Many of these verses can be applied spiritually to a Christian, but you can’t assume that means that they’ve been fulfilled and are not to be applied historically and literally (see note on Psalm 2:8).

[g] Isa. 66:13.

11. Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.

12. Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

13. I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

14. Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

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Notes on Psalm 2:8

Psalms 2:8 KJV

Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the utter most parts of the earth for thy possession. [6] [e]

[6] John Paton, the great missionary to the New Hebrides Islands, claimed this verse for his ministry. That’s fine if God is willing to honor it when you apply it to win souls, but the verse has nothing to do with anybody getting saved or converted.  It has to do with Jesus Christ establishing a military dictatorship over the remnants of the United Nations during the Millennium. What is written takes precedence over what you think or feel.

[e] Literal (Zech. 14:9; Psa. 19:1-6, 97:1-5, 67:4, 47:8; Isa. 60:12; Ezek. 43:9; etc).