Psalm 27:6-14

6 And now ¹my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me, And I will offer in His tent ²sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will ³sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD.

7 ⁴Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice, And be gracious to me and ⁵answer me.

8 When You said, "⁶Seek My face," my heart said to You, "Your face, O LORD, ⁷I shall seek."

9 ⁸Do not hide Your face from me, Do not turn Your servant away in ⁹anger; You have been ¹⁰my help; ¹¹Do not abandon me nor ¹²forsake me, O God of my salvation!

10 For my father and ¹³my mother have forsaken me, But ¹⁴the LORD will take me up.

11 ¹⁵Teach me Your way, O LORD, And lead me in a ¹⁶level path Because of my foes.

12 Do not deliver me over to the ¹⁷desire of my adversaries, For ¹⁸false witnesses have risen against me, And such as ¹⁹breathe out violence.

13 I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the ²⁰goodness of the LORD In the ²¹land of the living.

14 ²²Wait for the LORD; Be ²³strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the LORD.

Psalm 27:6-14 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 3:3
• 2. Psalms 107:22
• 3. Psalms 13:6
• 4. Psalms 4:3; Psalms 61:1
• 5. Psalms 13:3
• 6. Psalms 105:4; Amos 5:6
• 7. Psalms 34:4
• 8. Psalms 69:17
• 9. Psalms 6:1
• 10. Psalms 40:17
• 11. Psalms 94:14
• 12. Psalms 37:28
• 13. Isaiah 49:15
• 14. Isaiah 40:11
• 15. Psalms 25:4; Psalms 86:11
• 16. Psalms 5:8; Psalms 26:12
• 17. Psalms 41:2
• 18. Deuteronomy 19:18; Psalms 35:11; Matthew 26:60
• 19. Acts 9:1
• 20. Psalms 31:19
• 21. Job 28:13; Psalms 52:5; Psalms 116:9; Psalms 142:5; Isaiah 38:11; Jeremiah 11:19; Ezekiel 26:20
• 22. Psalms 25:3; Psalms 37:34; Psalms 40:1; Psalms 62:5; Psalms 130:5; Proverbs 20:22; Isaiah 25:9
• 23. Psalms 31:24

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "of shouts"
• [b] Or "If my father...forsake me, Then the LORD
• [c] Or "those who lie in wait for me"
• [d] Lit "soul"
• [e] Or "Surely I believed"