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Most of the psalms are traditionally attributed to Kings David and Solomon, written in Jerusalem during the tenth century BCE. However, many scholars believe that the psalms were written during and after the Babylonian Exile, not by David and Solomon. They were a literary genre that did not exist at the time attributed to King David. Moreover, verse 4 refers to the "temple" of the Lord - even though meant spiritually, there was not yet a Temple of the Lord, just the Sanctuary of the Tabernacle. On this evidence, David did not write Psalm 27.

The author of Psalm 27 appears to have been trying to instil confidence and faith in his fellow-believers.

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Psalm 27 is a long declaration of trust in God. David was saved by God from his enemies many times.

The psalm explicitly states that David wrote it.

For some decades, academic scholars have claimed that many psalms were written several centuries after King David. They stated this for theoretical reasons. Recent analysis, however, makes it clear that the language, style, genre and phraseology of the Psalms is much more ancient than had been claimed. (Buttenwieser, Moses: The Psalms, Chronologically Treated with a New Translation. Also: Dahood, Mitchell, Psalms; The Anchor Bible.)

And in general: No parchment, scroll, or inscription has ever been found that would support The Bible-critics' JEPD (different sources) hypothesis, which remains a set of mere postulates. And those ancient writers who mention, describe, summarize or translate the Torah (Josephus, Samaritans, Targum, Septuagint etc.), describe it in its complete form.
Archaeological finds, such as the Ugarit documents and those of Nuzu, Mari, Susa, Ebla, and Tel el-Amarna, have repeatedly caused the critics to retract their claims. The entire social milieu portrayed in the Torah, once criticized as anachronistic, has been shown to be accurate, including customs of marriage, adoption, contracts, inheritance, purchases, utensils, modes of travel, people's names and titles, etc. Professor Gleason Archer states: "In case after case where inaccuracy was alleged as proof of late and spurious authorship of the biblical documents, the Hebrew record has been vindicated by the results of excavations, and the condemnatory judgment of the Documentary theorists have been proved to be without foundation."

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