Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 27:11
Because of — That I may neither fall into their hands by my folly, nor give them any occasion of triumphing over me.
Because of — That I may neither fall into their hands by my folly, nor give them any occasion of triumphing over me.
Verse 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 righteousnes...
TEACH ME THY WAY, O LORD - See the notes at Psalms 25:4. AND LEAD ME IN A PLAIN PATH - Margin, “a way of plainness.” That is, a straight or smooth path. In other words, he prayed that he might be ena...
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...
TEACH. Point out, or Direct. ENEMIES. those that observe me....
The tone of the Psalm changes abruptly to plaintive and anxious supplication. God seems to be on the point of hiding His face....
Cp. Psalms 5:8; Psalms 25:12. In the course of life designed for him by God he will be safe. He prays that it may be like a path along a level open plain, free from pitfalls and places where enemies m...
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...
_TEACH ME THY WAY, O LORD, AND LEAD ME IN A PLAIN PATH, BECAUSE OF MINE ENEMIES._ Thy way - i:e., the way of safety, as opposed to the dangers now surrounding David. A PLAIN PATH - a straight and ev...
27:11 enemies. (b-16) Or 'those that lie in wait for me.'...
A PLAIN PATH] not a path clearly marked, but one that is level and safe....
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...
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...
ENEMIES. — Comp. Psalms 56:2; Psalms 54:7; Psalms 59:10. Ewald, “malignant liers in wait”; so Aquila....
הֹ֤ורֵ֥נִי יְהוָ֗ה דַּ֫רְכֶּ֥ךָ וּ֭ נְחֵנִי בְּ...
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...
I detain the Reader just to remark on this beautiful verse, the two things here prayed for. It is not enough to teach, but the Holy Ghost will lead also. He will not only show the path, and point to J...
_A DOCILE LEARNER_ ‘Teach me thy way.’ Psalms 27:11 The map of life is a network of roads; and the broadest and those that present themselves most readily to the eye are not generally the best, and...
11._Teach me thy way, O Jehovah! _Many think that David here requests that God would guide him by his Spirit, lest he should surpass his enemies in acting violently and wickedly. This doctrine is, no...
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),...
TEACH ME THY WAY, O LORD,.... Of providence, grace, and duty; Psalms 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 holines...
Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. Ver. 11. _Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me, &c._] _Deus non deserit suos, dum eos docet ac ducit,_ God shows that...
_Teach me thy way_ What course I shall take to please thee, and to discharge my duty, and to save myself from ruin; _and lead me in a plain path_ Of which see the note on Psalms 26:12; where the Hebre...
Teach me Thy way, the road according with Jehovah's will, O LORD, AND LEAD ME IN A PLAIN PATH, even, level, without pitfalls, BECAUSE OF MINE ENEMIES, since they dog his every footstep and are trying...
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...
A PLAIN PATH: _ Heb._ a way of plainness ENEMIES: _ Heb._ those which observe me...
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...
THY WAY, i.e. what course I shall take to please thee, and to discharge my duty, and to save myself from ruin. A PLAIN PATH; of which SEE POOLE ON "PSALMS 26:12", where the Hebrew words are the same....
Psalms 27:11 Teach H3384 (H8685) way H1870 LORD H3068 lead H5148 (H8798) smooth H4334 path H734 enemies...
Teach me your way, O YHWH, And lead me in a plain path, Because of my enemies, The crisis moment past he now prays that YHWH will show him the way ahead. He wants Him to teach him His way, and lead...
Psalms 27:11 The map of life is a network of roads; and the broadest and those that present themselves most readily to the eye are not generally the best, and the narrow ones are very hard to find, w...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_Lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies._ OUR OBSERVERS Instead of “enemies,” the margin reads “observers.” And we have many such. I. the world--with keen and malignant eye. If we act inc...
_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...
_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
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)...
Daniel 6:4; Daniel 6:5; Isaiah 30:20; Isaiah 30:21; Isaiah 35:8;...