Psalm 27:10-14

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 27:7-14

David in these verses expresses, I. His desire towards God, in many petitions. If he cannot now go up to the house of the Lord, yet, wherever he is, he can find a way to the throne of grace by prayer. 1. He humbly bespeaks, because he firmly believes he shall have, a gracious audience: ?Hear, O Lord, when I cry, not only with my heart, but, as one in earnest, with my voice too.? He bespeaks also an answer of peace, which he expects, not from his own merit, but God's goodness: Have mercy upon... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 27:10

When my father and my mother forsake me ,.... Which is not to be understood strictly and literally of his parents, that were in that near relation to him according to the flesh, nor of anything that had past; not of his parents leaving him to shift for himself, after having brought him up; nor of his father being unmindful of him, when Samuel came to anoint one of his sons to be king; nor of any slight and neglect of him by them when persecuted by Saul; nor of their inability to help him... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 27:11

Teach me thy way, O Lord ,.... Of providence, grace, and duty; See Gill on Psalm 25:4 ; and lead me in a plain path : as the path of truth is to those that understand and find knowledge; and as the way of holiness is, even to such who in other things are fools, but shall not err therein, Proverbs 8:9 , Isaiah 35:8 ; or the path of righteousness, in which Christ, the wisdom of God, and shepherd of his people, leads them, Psalm 23:3 ; because of mine enemies , or "those that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 27:12

Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies ,.... It is a dreadful thing for a man to be given up to his own heart's lusts, and to be delivered up into the hands of Satan; who would fain have even the people of God themselves in his hands, that he might distress them at pleasure, if not destroy them; and also to be suffered to fall into the hands of wicked men, whose tender mercies are cruel; for false witnesses are risen up against me ; laying to his charge, that he sought to take... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 27:13

I had fainted ,.... When false witnesses rose up against him, and threatened to take away his life, and the life of his friends, in the most barbarous and cruel manner: the people of God are subject to faintings, in the present state of things; by reason of afflictions; because of the nature, number, and continuance of them; and especially when they apprehend them to be in wrath and sore displeasure: and on account of their sins, and the corruptions of their hearts; fearing lest there... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 27:14

Wait on the Lord ,.... This, with what follows, is spoken by the psalmist either to himself or to others, or it may be to both, upon the rich experience he declares in Psalm 27:13 , it becomes believers to wait on the Lord for the common blessings of life, for even the eyes of all wait upon him for their daily food; and for the light of his countenance, when it is withdrawn from them, for he will return again at the set time; and for answers of prayer, which will be given sooner or later;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 27:10

When my father and my mother forsake me - Or, more literally, "For my father and my mother have forsaken me; but the Lord hath gathered me up." My parents were my protectors for a time; but the Lord has been my Protector always. There is no time in which I do not fall under his merciful regards. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 27:11

Teach me thy way - Let me know the gracious designs of thy providence towards me, that my heart may submit to thy will. And lead me in a plain path - In the path of righteousness, because of mine enemies, who watch for my halting. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 27:12

Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies - To their soul בנפש benephesh ; their whole soul thirsts for my destruction. Let them not be gratified. They have suborned witnesses against me, but they are false witnesses: unmask their wickedness, and confound their counsels. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 27:13

I had fainted, unless I had believed - The words in italics are supplied by our translators; but, far from being necessary, they injure the sense. Throw out the words I had fainted, and leave a break after the verse, and the elegant figure of the psalmist will be preserved: "Unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living" - What! what, alas! should have become of me! Dr. Hammond has observed that there is a remarkable elegance in the original, which, by the... read more

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