Chapter 20
I AM Waiting on You, Lord
Psalm 27 was written by David in a time of extreme danger. By example, David showed us how to pray in such a situation. The first part of the psalm expresses David's confident trust in the Lord because of blessings received in the past, and his desire to dwell in the house of the Lord who will protect him in the future (vs. 1-6).
In the second part, David offered an anxious plea for God's mercy and deliverance from his enemies (vs. 7-12).
It ends with David's confession that he would have lost his courage without faith in God's goodness, and in the last verse, David exhorted us to wait on the Lord for strength and courage of heart (13-14). Let's study this psalm line by line, so we might learn respond in the same way when a stressful situation arises.
