psalm-27:4

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Psalms 27:4

Psalms GOD’S GUESTS Psa_27:4 . We shall do great injustice to this mystical aspiration of the Psalmist, if we degrade it to be the mere expression of a desire for unbroken residence in a material Temple. He was no sickly, sentimental seeker after cloistered seclusion. He knew the necessities and duties of life far better than in a cowardly way to wish to shirk them, in order that he might loiter in the temple, idle under the pretence of worship. Nor would the saying fit into the facts of... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 27:1-14

the Song of Fearless Trust in God Psalms 27:1-14 This psalm probably dates from the time when the exiled king, surrounded by unscrupulous foes, looked from his hiding-place beyond the Jordan to the Holy City, where the Ark abode. One thing he desired above all else. The “one thing” people are irresistible, Philippians 3:13-14 . Here we have assurance, Psalms 27:1-6 . God’s house for us is His presence. We may live day by day in the New Jerusalem, which needs no light of sun or candle. We... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 27:1-14

The real significance of this psalm is that of the experience of worship. It is somewhat strange that the remarkable contrast between the first (vv. Psa 27:1-6 ) and second (vv. Psa 27:7-14 ) parts has given rise to the view that two men have written the psalm, or if one person is the author, he must have written them at different times. The psalm reveals the true attitude and exercise of the worshipping soul. Praise and prayer follow each other in their true order. First the offering of... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 27:4

One thing have I asked of YHWH, That will I seek after, That I may dwell in the house of YHWH, All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of YHWH, And to enquire in his temple. For he has only one goal, and that is to enter more fully into His light and salvation by ‘dwelling in the house of YHWH all the days of his life’ in order that he might behold the beauty of YHWH and learn from Him. He does not mean by this that he intends to live perpetually in YHWH’s house in a literal sense, but... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 27:1-14

XXVII. Many scholars hold that we have here two Pss., and not without reason. Psalms 27:1-Joshua : is the expression of childlike trust under favourable circumstances: in Psalms 27:7-2 Chronicles : the poet is in grievous affliction and implores Yahweh’ s help. Psalms 27:10 . Read mg. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 27:4

Though I am exercised with many troubles, there is but one thing that I am very solicitous for, or desirous of, and that is not victory and triumphs over all mine enemies, assured peace and settlement in my throne, the wealth, and pleasure, and glory of enlarging or ruling my empire: or if I have any desire to any of those things, it is chiefly that I may not be disturbed in or driven from the sanctuary and worship of God as I have been, but may have opportunity of constant attendance upon God;... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 27:1-14

INTRODUCTIONThis psalm has been referred by some to the period of David’s waiting for the kingdom; by others, to the time of Absalom’s rebellion. Hengstenberg says: “All attempts to find out any occasion to which the psalm especially referred have failed, and from this failure; we may infer either that David originally uttered the psalm from the soul of the oppressed righteous man, or that, if he wrote it in reference to a particular occasion, he generalised his own experience.”THE FEARLESSNESS... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Psalms 27:4

Psalms 27:4 Moral effects of communion with God. I. What is prayer? It is conversing with God. We converse with our fellow-men, and then we use familiar language, because they are our fellows. We converse with God, and then we use the lowliest, awfullest, calmest, concisest language we can, because He is God. Prayer then is Divine converse, differing from human as God differs from man. Prayers and praises are the mode of the Christian's intercourse with the next world, as the conduct of... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Psalms 27:4

DISCOURSE: 537DAVID’S LOVE TO GOD’S ORDINANCESPsalms 27:4. One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.MOST of the saints recorded in the Holy Scriptures were eminent for some particular grace. In Abraham, faith was chiefly conspicuous; in Job, patience: in Moses, meekness; in Elijah, faithfulness and intrepidity. In respect of devotion, David seems... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 27:1-14

REFLECTIONS. This Psalm professes to have been written in mature age, and after David’s head was lifted up above his enemies. The Lord was become his light and salvation; whom in future was he to fear? Past deliverances should always inspire hopes for the future. In the time of triumph and of joy he made religion his chief delight. “One thing have I desired of the Lord.” That voice, “one thing is needful,” should often sound in our ears. David in all his exile had preserved a confidence in... read more