Proverbia 27:3

Nova Vulgata

Si consistant adversum me castra, non timebit cor meum; si exsurgat adversum me proelium, in hoc ego sperabo.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Quia donec superest halitus in me, et spiritus Dei in naribus meis,

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Ne simul trahas me cum peccatoribus,
et cum operantibus iniquitatem ne perdas me;
qui loquuntur pacem cum proximo suo,
mala autem in cordibus eorum.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

host: Psalms 3:6, Psalms 52:6, 2 Kings 6:15-17, 2 Chronicles 20:15, Philippians 1:28, 1 Peter 3:14

war: 1 Samuel 28:15, 1 Samuel 28:16, Isaiah 41:11, Isaiah 41:12, Isaiah 54:16, Isaiah 54:17, Romans 8:35-37, Revelation 2:10, Revelation 12:7-11

in: 2 Corinthians 5:6-8

Reciprocal: Judges 6:33 - Then all 1 Samuel 19:8 - David 2 Kings 6:16 - Fear not Esther 5:9 - he was full Job 5:20 - in war Psalms 46:2 - will Mark 13:7 - when John 18:4 - Whom Romans 5:4 - and experience

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Though an host should encamp against me,.... An host of the ungodly, as the Targum; though ever so many of them, even ten thousands of them, as in Psalms 3:6; should beset him on every side;

my heart shall not fear; for not only the angels of the Lord encamped about him, as they do about all that fear the Lord; but salvation was appointed for walls and bulwarks about him; yea, the Lord himself was a wall of fire around him, and he was kept as in a garrison by the power of God;

though war should rise against me: in all its terrible shapes:

in this [will] I [be] confident; either in this war, in the midst of it; or in this that he had expressed, Psalms 27:1; that the Lord was his light, his salvation, and the strength of his life; so the Jewish writers e: or as others f, in this one thing, desired in Psalms 27:4; but either of the former senses is best, especially the latter of them. Saints need not be afraid, though there is a war within them between the flesh and spirit; and though without are fightings with Satan and his principalities and powers; since they may be confident of victory, and that they are more than conquerors, through Christ that has loved them.

e Jarchi, Kimchi, & Aben Ezra in loc. f Some in Aben Ezra in loc.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Though an host - Though an “army;” that is, any army, or any number of men in battle array. The past interposition of God in similar times of trouble and danger was to him a sufficient security that he had nothing to fear.

Should encamp against me - In battle array, or prepared for battle.

My heart shall not fear - He would not tremble; he would not feel that there was anything of which to be afraid. God had shown Himself superior to the power of hostile armies, and the psalmist felt assured that he might confide in Him.

Though war should rise against me - Though it should be proclaimed, and though all preparation should be made for it, I will not be afraid.

In this will I be confident - In such a case, in such an extremity or emergency, I would calmly trust in God. He would apprehend no danger, for he had seen that the Lord could deliver him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 27:3. 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.