Bill's Bible Blog

Our theme for April is: Remember Who God Is and our first verse for April is Psalm 27:1

In Psalm 27:1, David declares Yahweh is our light (H216), our salvation (H3468), and our strength (H4481). I’ll look at some other verses that contain each of these qualities about the LORD God in three separate blogs.

1. Yahweh is our Light. David uses a common word for ‘light’ here. Literally the Hebrew word means ‘illumination.’ It is used for anything that supplies a clear light to see by, such as the sun by day or the full moon at night. It is also used of a candle, a fire or a lamp.

Used here figuratively of Yahweh as the source of illumination that allows us to see clearly in life, to pick a safe and right path, and to avoid pitfalls and other dangers.

Yahweh יthe light’, as known to Israel, would be the revelation of His ways and His commands through the Law. Other places where the LORD (YHWH) is referred to as light:

There are many more verses for the three qualities from Psalm 27:1. See blog b for some verses about God our Savior.