Psalms 27:2-9

2 exaudi vocem deprecationis meae dum oro ad te dum extollo manus meas ad templum sanctum tuum

3 ne simul tradas me cum peccatoribus et cum operantibus iniquitatem %ne perdideris me; qui loquuntur pacem cum proximo suo mala autem sunt in cordibus eorum

4 da illis secundum opera ipsorum et secundum nequitiam adinventionum ipsorum secundum opera manuum eorum tribue illis redde retributionem eorum ipsis

5 quoniam non intellexerunt opera Domini et in opera manuum eius destrues illos et non aedificabis eos

6 benedictus Dominus quoniam exaudivit vocem deprecationis meae

7 Dominus adiutor meus et protector meus in ipso speravit cor meum et adiutus sum et refloruit caro mea et ex voluntate mea confitebor ei

8 Dominus fortitudo plebis suae et protector salvationum christi sui est

9 salvam fac plebem tuam et benedic hereditati tuae et rege eos et extolle eos usque in aeternum

Psalms 27:2-9 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.