Psalm 27
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Summary
The Lord is the light and salvation of the world. The Psalmist desires to dwell within the Lord’s house forever and counsels others to be patient and have courage in the Lord.
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| (3) Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. | (3) Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this I am confident. |
| (13) I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. | (13) |
| (14) Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord. | (14) Thou didst say unto me, Wait on the Lord, be of good courage and he shall strengthen thy heart. Wait, I say, on the Lord. |
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Kenneth L. Alford, and Baker, D. Bryce, “Parallels between Psalms 25–31 and the Psalm of Nephi,” in Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament (2013 Sperry Symposium), 312–28.
Matthew B. Brown, “The Handclasp, the Temple, and the King,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 42 (2021): 421–426.
David J. Larsen, “Ascending into the Hill of the Lord: What the Psalms Can Tell Us About the Rituals of the First Temple,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 38 (2020): 15–34.
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