Psalms 27 · Verse 3

Psalms 27:3

Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
Psalms 27:3, King James Version

Psalms 27:3 in other translations

BSBThough an army encamps around me, my heart will not fear; though a war breaks out against me, I will keep my trust.
WEBThough an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, even then I will be confident.
ASVThough a host should encamp against me, My heart shall not fear: Though war should rise against me, Even then will I be confident.
YLTThough a host doth encamp against me, My heart doth not fear, Though war riseth up against me, In this I am confident.
DARBYIf a host encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; if war rise against me, in this will I be confident.
BBEEven if an army came against me with its tents, my heart would have no fear: if war was made on me, my faith would not be moved.
WebsterThough a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

What does Psalms 27:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. In the greatest dangers. in this--that is, then, in such extremity.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Though a host should encamp against me - I am so confident of the Almighty's protection, that were I alone, and encompassed by a host, I would not fear. I am in the hand of God; and while in that hand, I am safe.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 27:1-6

The Lord, who is the believer's light, is the strength of his life; not only by whom, but in whom he lives and moves. In God let us strengthen ourselves. The gracious presence of God, his power, his promise, his readiness to hear prayer, the witness of his Spirit in the hearts of his people; these are the secret of his tabernacle, and in these the saints find cause for that holy security and peace of mind in which…

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Psalms 27:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אִם\־'im-thoughH518
תַּחֲנֶ֬הta.cha.Nehit will encampH2583
עָלַ֨י\׀'a.Laion meH5921
מַחֲנֶה֮ma.cha.Neha campH4264
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
יִירָ֪אyi.Ra'it will fearH3372
לִ֫בִּ֥יli.Biheart myH3820
אִם\־'im-thoughH518
תָּק֣וּםta.Kumit will ariseH6965
עָ֭לַי'A.laion meH5921
מִלְחָמָ֑הmil.cha.MahwarfareH4421
בְּ֝זֹ֗אתbe.Zotin thisH2063
אֲנִ֣י'a.NiIH589
בוֹטֵֽחַ\׃vo.Te.ach[will be] trustingH982

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 27:3

  • Psalms 3:6

    I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.

  • 1 Peter 3:14

    But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

  • Romans 8:35-37

    Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

  • Philippians 1:28

    And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.

  • 2 Corinthians 5:6-8

    Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

  • Isaiah 54:16-17

    Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.

  • Revelation 2:10

    Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

  • Isaiah 41:11-12

    Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

  • 2 Kings 6:15-17

    And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do? And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

  • 1 Samuel 28:15-16

    And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do. Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?

  • Psalms 52:6

    The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

  • Job 4:6

    Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
host.
3:6; 52:6; 2Ki 6:15-17; 2Ch 20:15; Php 1:28; 1Pe 3:14
war.
1Sa 28:15,16; Isa 41:11,12; 54:16,17; Ro 8:35-37; Re 2:10; 12:7-11
in.
2Co 5:6-8

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Context

  • Psalms 27:2

    When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

  • Psalms 27:3

    Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

  • Psalms 27:4

    One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.

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Psalms 27:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Aunque se asiente campo contra mí, no temerá mi corazón: aunque contra mí se levante guerra, yo en esto confío.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Quand une armée camperait contre moi, mon cœur ne craindrait pas; si la guerre s’élève contre moi, en ceci j’aurai confiance:
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wenn sich ein Heer wider mich lagert, nicht fürchtet sich mein Herz; wenn Krieg sich wider mich erhebt, hierauf vertraue ich:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ne simul trahas me cum peccatoribus, et cum operantibus iniquitatem ne perdas me; qui loquuntur pacem cum proximo suo, mala autem in cordibus eorum.