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Verse Psalms 27:9. _HIDE NOT THY FACE - FROM ME_] As my face is
towards thee wheresoever I am, so let thy face be turned towards me.
In a Persian MS. poem entitled [Persic] _Shah we Gudda_, "The King...
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HIDE NOT THY FACE FAR FROM ME - Compare the notes at Psalms 4:6. To
“hide the face” is to turn it away with displeasure, as if we
would not look on one who has offended us. The favor of God is often
e...
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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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GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.
OF. Genitive of Origin. App-17....
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The tone of the Psalm changes abruptly to plaintive and anxious
supplication. God seems to be on the point of hiding His face....
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Hide not thy face from me (R.V.). A prayer grounded on the divine
promise which he has obeyed. Cp. Psalms 22:14.
_put not_&c. Or, _turn not_, like the unjust judge who turns the needy
from his right ...
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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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_HIDE NOT THY FACE FAR FROM ME; PUT NOT THY SERVANT AWAY IN ANGER:
THOU HAST BEEN MY HELP; LEAVE ME NOT, NEITHER FORSAKE ME, O GOD OF MY
SALVATION._
Hide not thy face - in contrast to the finding God...
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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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FAR. — This is unnecessary and misleading....
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אַל ־תַּסְתֵּ֬ר פָּנֶ֨יךָ ׀
מִמֶּנִּי֮ אַֽל ־תַּט...
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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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Exalt, or carry on thy shoulders, like the good shepherd, Luke xv. 5.
Restore thy people to prosperity. This was the wish of the carnal
Jews. The Christian must raise his thoughts higher. (Calmet) ---...
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Reader, all connections cease but this of Jesus. Hence, when flesh and
heart both fail, what an everlasting resource is that, that Christ, is
the strength of our heart, and our portion forever. Psalms...
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9._Hide not thy face from me. _The Psalmist elegantly continues the
same form of speech, but with a different meaning. _The face of God
_is now employed to describe the sensible effects of his grace a...
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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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HIDE NOT THY FACE [FAR] FROM ME,.... Yea, not at all from him; for the
word "far" is not in the text: this is sometimes the case of the best
of men, and was of the psalmist at times, and might be now,...
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Hide not thy face [far] from me; put not thy servant away in anger:
thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my
salvation.
Ver. 9. _Hide not thy face far from me_] For then...
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_Hide not thy face far from me_ Which, in obedience to thy command, I
am now seeking. Let me never want the reviving sense of thy favour;
love me, and give me to know that thou lovest me. _Put not thy...
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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...
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Hide not thy face (far) from me, veiling it from the prayer of the
believer; PUT NOT THY SERVANT AWAY IN ANGER, thrusting him aside as
unworthy; THOU HAST BEEN MY HELP, and the former mercy and love
e...
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7-14 Wherever the believer is, he can find a way to the throne of
grace by prayer. God calls us by his Spirit, by his word, by his
worship, and by special providences, merciful and afflicting. When w...
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Psalms 27:9 hide H5641 (H8686) face H6440 turn H5186 servant H5650
away H5186 (H8686) anger H639 help...
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To (or ‘towards') you my heart said,
“Seek you my face”,
It is tempting here to see these words as the words of YHWH
interspersed with the Psalmist's own words, or put into the Psalmist's
mouth, so t...
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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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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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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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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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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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_Hide not Thy face far from me._
HIDE NOT THY FACE FROM ME
1. The surpassing worth and excellence of God’s special favour,
whereof he would not be deprived (Psalms 30:5; Psalms 63:3).
2. He knew the...
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_Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice._
A PRAYER OF DESIRE AND DEPENDENCE
David here expresses--
I. his desire towards God. If he cannot now go up to the house of the
Lord, yet, wherever he is, h...
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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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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 28:9; 1 Samuel 7:12; 2 Corinthians 1:10; 2 Corinthians
1:9;...
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Away — From thy face or presence, or from the place of thy worship....