Psa 27:1 | NETfull | STEP | The Lord delivers and vindicates me! I fear no one! The Lord protects my life! I am afraid of no one!

Psalms 27:1

1 The Lord delivers and vindicates me! ^{▼▼ Heb “the Lord [is] my light and my deliverance.” “Light” is often used as a metaphor for deliverance and the life/blessings it brings. See Pss 37:6; 97:11; 112:4; Isa 49:6; 51:4; Mic 7:8. Another option is that “light” refers here to divine guidance (see Ps 43:3).}
I fear no one! ^{▼▼ Heb “Whom shall I fear?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “No one!”}
The Lord protects my life!
I am afraid of no one! ^{▼▼ Heb “Of whom shall I be afraid?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “No one!”}