Salmi 27:9-14

9 Non nascondere il tuo volto da me, Non rigettare in ira il tuo servitore; Tu sei stato il mio aiuto; non lasciarmi, e non abbandonarmi, O Dio della mia salute.

10 Quantunque mio padre e mia madre mi avessero abbandonato, Pure il Signore mi accoglierà.

11 O Signore, insegnami la tua via, E giudami per un sentiero piano, Per cagione de’ miei nemici.

12 Non darmi alle voglie de’ miei nemici; Perciocchè son surti contro a me falsi testimoni, Ed uomini che audacemente parlano di violenza.

13 Oh! se non avessi creduto di vedere i beni del Signore, Nella terra de’ viventi!

14 Attendi il Signore, Fortificati; ed egli conforterà il tuo cuore; Spera pur nel Signore.

Salmi 27:9-14 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.