Psalms 27:5-14

5 For he will ¹hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will ²lift me high upon a rock.

6 And now my ³head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me, and I will offer in his tent sacrifices with shouts of ⁴joy; ⁵I will sing and make melody to the LORD.

7 ⁶Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud; be gracious to me and answer me!

8 You have said, ⁷"Seek^[a] my face." My heart says to you, "Your face, LORD, do I seek."^[b]

9 ⁸Hide not your face from me. Turn not your servant away in anger, O you who have been my help. Cast me not off; forsake me not, ⁹O God of my salvation!

10 For ¹⁰my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the LORD will ¹¹take me in.

11 ¹²Teach me your way, O LORD, and lead me on ¹³a level path because of my enemies.

12 ¹⁴Give me not up to the will of my adversaries; for ¹⁵false witnesses have risen against me, and they ¹⁶breathe out violence.

13 I believe^[c] that I shall look upon ¹⁷the goodness of the LORD in ¹⁸the land of the living!

14 ¹⁹Wait for the LORD; ²⁰be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD!

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Psalms 27:5-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 27

\\<<[A Psalm] of David>>\\. The Septuagint interpreters add to this title, "before he was anointed". David was anointed three times, first when a youth in his father's house; but this psalm could not be written before that time, because he had not had then any experience of war, nor could be in any immediate apprehension of it, as here suggested; he was anointed a second time, after the death of Saul at Hebron, by the men of Judah; before that time indeed he had been harassed by Saul, and distressed by the Amalekites, and was driven from the public worship of God, to which he has a respect, Ps 27:4; and he was a third time anointed, by the elders of Israel, king over all Israel; and between the death of Saul and this unction there was a war between the house of David and the house of Saul; but what is referred to is not certain, nor is it of moment, since these words are neither in the Hebrew text, nor in the Chaldee paraphrase. Theodoret is of opinion this psalm was written by David when he fled from Saul, and came to Ahimelech the priest.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 20

1. Psalms 31:20; [Psalms 91:1; Job 5:21; Isaiah 4:6]
2. Psalms 40:2
3. Psalms 3:3
4. [Numbers 10:10]
5. Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16
6. Psalms 30:10
7. Psalms 24:6; Psalms 105:4
8. Psalms 69:17; Psalms 102:2; Psalms 143:7
9. See Psalms 24:5
10. [Isaiah 49:15; Isaiah 63:16]
11. [Isaiah 40:11]
12. See Psalms 25:4
13. [Psalms 5:8]
14. Psalms 41:2
15. Psalms 35:11; [1 Kings 21:13; Matthew 26:59, 60; Mark 14:55, 56]
16. Acts 9:1
17. Exodus 33:19
18. Psalms 52:5; Psalms 116:9; Psalms 142:5; Job 28:13
19. Psalms 37:34; Psalms 62:5; Proverbs 20:22
20. Psalms 31:24; Deuteronomy 31:7; Josh. 1:6, 9, 18

Footnotes 3

[a]. The command (seek) is addressed to more than one person
[b]. The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain
[c]. Other Hebrew manuscripts Oh! Had I not believed

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