Psalms 27:7-14

7 Hear my voice when I call, LORD; be merciful to me and answer me.

8 My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, LORD, I will seek.

9 Do not hide your face from me, do not turn your servant away in anger; you have been my helper. Do not reject me or forsake me, God my Savior.

10 Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.

11 Teach me your way, LORD; lead me in a straight path because of my oppressors.

12 Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, spouting malicious accusations.

13 I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

14 Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.

Psalms 27:7-14 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.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 5:3; Psalms 18:6; Psalms 55:17; Psalms 119:149; Psalms 130:2; Isaiah 28:23
• 2. S Psalms 4:1; Psalms 13:3
• 3. S 1 Chronicles 16:11
• 4. S Deuteronomy 31:17; S Psalms 22:24; Psalms 69:17
• 5. S Psalms 2:5
• 6. S Genesis 49:25; S Deuteronomy 33:29
• 7. S Deuteronomy 4:31; Psalms 37:28; Psalms 119:8; Isaiah 41:17; Isaiah 62:12; Jeremiah 14:9
• 8. Psalms 18:46
• 9. S Exodus 33:13
• 10. S Ezra 8:21; Psalms 5:8; Psalms 25:4; Psalms 86:11
• 11. Psalms 72:4; Psalms 78:42; Psalms 106:10; Jeremiah 21:12
• 12. S Deuteronomy 19:16; S Matthew 26:60; Acts 6:13; 1 Corinthians 15:15; Acts 9:1
• 13. Exodus 33:19; S 2 Chronicles 6:41; Psalms 23:6; Psalms 31:19; Psalms 145:7
• 14. S Job 28:13; Jeremiah 11:19; Ezekiel 26:20
• 15. Psalms 33:20; Psalms 130:5,6; Isaiah 8:17; Isaiah 30:18; Habakkuk 2:3; Zephaniah 3:8; Acts 1:4; Psalms 40:1
• 16. S Deuteronomy 1:21; S Judges 5:21; S Ephesians 6:10