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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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)._...
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_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...
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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...
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THE BEAUTY OF THE LORD— i.e. The cheering countenance of God, whose
presence was more conspicuously manifested in his temple....
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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...
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_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...
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27:4 beauty (g-31) Or 'graciousness,' and so in Psalms 90:17 ....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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אַחַ֤ת ׀ שָׁאַ֣לְתִּי מֵֽ אֵת
־יְהוָה֮ אֹותָ֪הּ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(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....
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_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 calami...
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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...
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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;...
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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),...
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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,...
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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....
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_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...
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THE BEAUTY:
Or, the delight...
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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,...
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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...
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Psalms 27:4 One H259 desired H7592 (H8804) LORD H3068 seek H1245
(H8762) dwell H3427 (H8800) house...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 27:4 DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. Compare
Psalms 23:6. God’s BEAUTY is what the faithful
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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...
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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)...
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1 Chronicles 10:13; 1 Chronicles 10:14; 1 Samuel 1:11; 1 Samuel 22:10;...
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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...