Introduction
A Psalm of David.
The psalm properly consists of two divisions. The first, (Psalms 27:1-6,) is the language of triumph, praise, and pious longing for the house of God, of which the key note is “Jehovah is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear?” the second, (Psalms 27:7-14,) a plaintive prayer from the midst of enemies and perils. The circumstances at Mahanaim, after the battle and before the formal submission of the disaffected tribes, (2 Samuel 18:19,) sufficiently account for this diversity, and the sudden transition at Psalms 27:7. The psalm is unquestionably David’s, according to the title and internal evidence, but the addition in the title by the Septuagint, followed by the Vulgate, of the words, “before he was anointed,” is without meaning and unsustained by history.
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