Reward. He speaks prophetically, (ver. 5.) or of spiritual enemies. (Berthier) --- "If they do not understand by kindness, make them understand by torments." (St. Jerome) --- He alludes to the calamities of the Babylonians, who had made such havoc, (Calmet) as well as to that of all who persecuted or rebelled against David. (Haydock) --- His zeal prompts him to approve of their chastisement. (Worthington)
Verse Psalms 27:4. _ONE_ THING _HAVE I DESIRED_] If I am grown too old, and from that circumstance unable to serve my country, I shall then prefer a retirement to the tabernacle, there to serve God th...
ONE THING HAVE I DESIRED OF THE LORD - One main object; one thing that I have especially desired; one thing which has been the object of my constant wish. This ruling desire of his heart the psalmist...
Psalms 27 Holy Longings and Anticipations _ 1. Confidence in the Lord (Psalms 27:1)_ 2. Longings and anticipations (Psalms 27:4) 3. Earnest prayer in trial and trust in the Lord ...
XXVII. Many scholars hold that we have here two Pss., and not without reason. Psalms 27:1 is the expression of childlike trust under favourable circumstances: in Psalms 27:7 the poet is in grievous af...
DWELL, &C. Compare Psalms 23:6. BEAUTY. pleasantness, delightfulness. ENQUIRE. contemplate with admiration. TEMPLE. palace. Used generally of heaven, but also of the holy place (Greek. _naos)._...
_One_thing _have I desired_ R.V., One thing have I asked; above all others as the climax of my petitions. _to behold_ The word implies a wondering and delighted _gazing_. _the beauty_ Or, _pleasantne...
To be Jehovah's guest and live secure under His protection is the Psalmist's chief desire; and even now he confidently anticipates deliverance from his foes. Psalms 27:4 can hardly be understood liter...
THE BEAUTY OF THE LORD— i.e. The cheering countenance of God, whose presence was more conspicuously manifested in his temple....
PSALMS 27 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Trust and Prayer in the Hour of Danger. ANALYSIS Part I., Two pentameter hexastichs: Stanza I., Psalms 27:1-3, That which Jehovah Is Now he Has Been in the Past, and Wil...
_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._ One...
27:4 beauty (g-31) Or 'graciousness,' and so in Psalms 90:17 ....
This Ps. falls naturally into two parts, Psalms 27:1 and Psalms 27:7, which are in such marked contrast as to make it probable that here, as in Psalms 19, two independent poems have been combined. The...
DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE lord] as the guest of Jehovah: see Psalms 23:6. The figure suggests constant fellowship with God. BEAUTY] RM 'pleasantness,' the gracious aspect of the divine Host. To enqui...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
TO BEHOLD THE BEAUTY. — Literally, _to see into the favour_ — _i.e., to_ meditate on the graciousness of God. TO ENQUIRE ... — Literally, _to look into,_ either judicially or critically; here, “to _po...
אַחַ֤ת ׀ שָׁאַ֣לְתִּי מֵֽ אֵת ־יְהוָה֮ אֹותָ֪הּ...
Psalms 27:1 THE hypothesis that two originally distinct psalms or fragments are here blended has much in its favour. The rhythm and style of the latter half (Psalms 27:7) are strikingly unlike those o...
THE SONG OF FEARLESS TRUST IN GOD Psalms 27:1 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...
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...
(c) 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 enquire in his temple....
While we distinguish Christ here also, as our glorious Head, thus seeking, above all things, communion with the Father; and while we behold the blessed Jesus spending whole nights in prayer to God (Lu...
4._One thing have I desired. _Some consider this as a prophecy of the perpetuity of David’s kingdom, on which not only his own personal happiness depended, but also the happiness of his whole people;...
In Psalms 27 we have two distinct parts, and, I apprehend, then in the last two Verses (Psa 27:21-22) the result for the mind of the saint as taught of God. The first part, Verses 1-6 (Psalms 27:1-6),...
ONE [THING] HAVE I DESIRED OF THE LORD,.... Not to be returned to Saul's court; nor to his own house and family; nor to have an affluence of worldly riches and honours; but to have constant abode it,...
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 enquire in his temple. Ver....
_One thing have I desired of the Lord_ It greatly encouraged David's confidence in God, that he was conscious to himself of an entire affection to him and his ordinances, and that he was in his elemen...
One thing have I desired of the Lord, in the midst of all these threatening dangers, THAT WILL I SEEK AFTER, with a great desire: THAT I MAY DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, the Tabernacle of His prese...
THE BELIEVER'S TRUST IN GOD AND HIS WORD. A psalm of David, written probably about the same time as the preceding one, picturing the state of mind of one who is persecuted 'Without cause and longs fo...
THE BEAUTY: Or, the delight...
1-6 The Lord, who is the believer's light, is the strength of his life; not only by whom, but in whom he lives and moves. In God let us strengthen ourselves. The gracious presence of God, his power,...
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...
Psalms 27:4 One H259 desired H7592 (H8804) LORD H3068 seek H1245 (H8762) dwell H3427 (H8800) house...
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...
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 c...
Psalms 27:1. _The Lord is my light and my salvation;_ First comes light, and then salvation. We are not saved in ignorance; the knowledge of our sinfulness is revealed to us, we discover our true con...
Psalms 27:1. _The LORD is my tight and my salvation; whom shall I fear?_ If a man has a light that can never go out, a sun which will never set, and a salvation which must always save, and God is all...
Psalms 27:1. _The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?_ If all your light comes from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning, you need not be af...
Psalms 27:1. _The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?_ A sort of trembling seems to have been creeping over him, so h...
David is in the darkness of sorrow, his enemies are many and mighty, and they make a dead set against him, and seek utterly to destroy him; but he finds his comfort where every true believer must ever...
Very much of the language of David used here, I trust, we can make our own. May the Spirit of God lead us to understand, by experience, what he has written. Psalms 27:1. _The LORD is my light and my...
CONTENTS: David glories in Jehovah's name and expresses triumphant faith. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: God is the believer's light and strength by whom and in whom he lives. We should therefo...
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...
_One thing have I desired of the Lord._ SINGLENESS OF PURPOSE IN WORSHIP Worship is a necessity to the spiritually awakened soul. Public worship was an urgent, pressing necessity in the psalmist’s ca...
_The Lord is my light and my salvation._ IMPLICIT TRUST This psalm was written by a man who was at the moment far down in the depths of spiritual conflict, and yet was holding a steady front against...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 27:1. In singing Psalms 27:1, God’s people have a way to express confidence in him and to respond to challenging life situations. The psalm de
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 27:4 DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. Compare Psalms 23:6. God’s BEAUTY is what the faithful
INTRODUCTION This 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 oc...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm is one of those which have been called "composite"; and certainly it falls into two parts which offer the strongest possible contrast the one to the other. Part 1. (Psalms 27:1)...
1 Chronicles 10:13; 1 Chronicles 10:14; 1 Samuel 1:11; 1 Samuel 22:10;...
Dwell. &c. — Have opportunity of constant attendance upon God. To behold — That there I may delight myself, in the contemplation of thy amiable and glorious majesty, and of thy infinite wisdom, holine...