1. Confidence in spite of danger 27:1-3

27:1 David expressed great confidence as he looked to the future because Yahweh was his light, salvation, and defense or stronghold. Light connotes understanding, joy, and life (cf. 18:28).

"Lightis a natural figure for almost everything that is positive, from truth and goodness to joy and vitality (e.g., respectively, Ps. 43:3; Is. 5:20; Ps. 97:11; 36:9), to name but a few. Here it is the answer to fear(1, 3) and to the forces of evil."⁷⁴

The answer to his rhetorical questions is, of course, no one.

27:2-3 In the past when his enemies advanced against him they stumbled and fell because God defended him. Therefore in the future David said he would not fear if an entire army were to pitch camp and prepare to attack him.