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Psalms 27:3
Though an army encamps around me, my heart will not fear; though a war breaks out against me, I will keep my trust.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — David declares this amid active threat; verse 2 names enemies who came to devour him, and verse 4 pivots to his desire to dwell in the LORD's house.
The words — לִבִּי (libbi, "my heart") is the grammatical subject of the negated fear; the heart is what would naturally tremble, and it is precisely what the psalmist refuses to let govern.
The thread — Psalms 3:6 repeats the same refusal ("I will not fear the myriads set against me on every side"), and Romans 8:35 escalates the list of threats to cosmic proportions while holding the same logic.
Why it lands — The verse does not ask the reader to feel brave; it asks them to make a decision about the heart's allegiance before the feeling arrives.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
Cross-references
- Psalms 3:6 I will not fear the myriads set against me on every side.
- 1 Peter 3:14 But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”
- Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
- Philippians 1:28 without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a clear sign of their destruction but of your salvation, and it is from God.
- 2 Corinthians 5:6 Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.
- Isaiah 41:11 Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.
- Isaiah 54:16 Behold, I have created the craftsman who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its task; and I have created the destroyer to wreak havoc.
- Revelation 2:10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
- 2 Kings 6:15 When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, behold, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”
- 1 Samuel 28:15 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am deeply distressed,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do.”