Salmi 27:7

7 O Eterno, ascolta la mia voce, io t’invoco; abbi pietà di me, e rispondimi.

Salmi 27:7 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 27:7

Hear, O Lord, [when] I cry with my voice
Which is to be understood of prayer, and that in the time of distress; and of vocal prayer, as distinguished from mental prayer; and the phrase denotes the vehemency and intenseness of it: and the request is, that the Lord would hear it; not only as he is omniscient and omnipresent, and so hears the prayers of all, good and bad; but as a God gracious and merciful, who sometimes very quickly hears, and answers in a gracious way, and sometimes seems to turn a deaf car, to shut out the prayers of his people, and cover himself with a cloud, that they should not pass through, or, however, defers an answer to it for a little while; yet, sooner or later, he always shows himself a God hearing prayer;

have mercy also upon me;
by delivering him out of his temporal distresses, and by forgiving his iniquities;

and answer me;
by speaking a word in season; commanding off the affliction he lay under, and by saying to him that his sins were forgiven him.

Salmi 27:7 In-Context

5 Poich’egli mi nasconderà nella sua tenda nel giorno dell’avversità, m’occulterà nel luogo più segreto del suo padiglione, mi leverà in alto sopra una roccia.
6 Già fin d’ora il mio capo s’eleva sui miei nemici che m’attorniano. Io offrirò nel suo padiglione sacrifici con giubilo; io canterò e salmeggerò all’Eterno.
7 O Eterno, ascolta la mia voce, io t’invoco; abbi pietà di me, e rispondimi.
8 Il mio cuore mi dice da parte tua: Cercate la mia faccia! Io cerco la tua faccia, o Eterno.
9 Non mi nascondere il tuo volto, non rigettar con ira il tuo servitore; tu sei stato il mio aiuto; non mi lasciare, non m’abbandonare, o Dio della mia salvezza!
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