Salmos 27:8-14

8 Cuando dijiste: Buscad mi rostro, mi corazón te respondió: Tu rostro, SEÑOR, buscaré.

9 No escondas tu rostro de mí; no rechaces con ira a tu siervo; tú has sido mi ayuda. No me abandones ni me desampares, oh Dios de mi salvación.

10 Porque aunque mi padre y mi madre me hayan abandonado, el SEÑOR me recogerá.

11 SEÑOR, enséñame tu camino, y guíame por senda llana por causa de mis enemigos.

12 No me entregues a la voluntad de mis adversarios; porque testigos falsos se han levantado contra mí, y los que respiran violencia.

13 Hubiera yo desmayado, si no hubiera creído que había de ver la bondad del SEÑOR en la tierra de los vivientes.

14 Espera al SEÑOR; esfuérzate y aliéntese tu corazón. Sí, espera al SEÑOR.

Salmos 27:8-14 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.