Psalms 27:12

_DELIVER ME NOT OVER UNTO THE WILL OF MINE ENEMIES: FOR FALSE WITNESSES ARE RISEN UP AGAINST ME, AND SUCH AS BREATHE OUT CRUELTY._ The will (literally, the soul) of mine enemies - implying that mischief is the essence of their soul. SUCH AS BREATHE OUT CRUELTY - `those whose (every) breath is cruelty' (Proverbs 6:19, Hebrew; Acts 9:1)....

12._Give me not up to the desire of mine oppressors. _The Hebrew noun נפש, _nephesh, _signifies _lust, will, _or _desire; _and the language of David implies, Deliver me not up to the pleasure or lust of mine enemies, and thus he intimates, that they greedily gaped for his destruction. God delivers his people in two ways; either by appeasing the cruelty of the wicked, and rendering them meek; or, if he permit them to burn with fury, by restraining their power and violence, so that they desire and endeavor in vain to do mischief. The Psalmist afterwards adds, that he is persecuted both with slanders and false accusations, and also by open violence; for when he says, that they _bring forth violence, _(589) he means that they speak of nothing but of war and slaughter. We thus see that the holy man was miserably oppressed on every side. Even his integrity, whi

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 we are foolishly making court to lying vanities, God is, in love to us, calling us to seek our own mercies in him. The call is general, "Seek ye my face;" but we must apply it to ourselves, "I will seek it." The word does us no good, when we do not ourselves accept the exhortation: a gracious heart readily answers to the call of a gracious God, being made willing in the day of his power. The psalmist requests the favour of the Lord; the continuance of his presence with him; the benefit of Divine guidance, and the benefit of Divine protection. God's time to help those that trust in him, is, when all other helpers fail. He is a surer and better Friend than earthly parents are, or can be. What w...

Verse Psalms 27:12. _DELIVER ME NOT OVER UNTO THE WILL OF MINE ENEMIES_] _To_ _their soul_ _benephesh_; their whole soul thirsts for my destruction. Let them not be gratified. They have suborned witnesses against me, but they are false witnesses: unmask their wickedness, and confound their counsels....

DELIVER ME NOT OVER UNTO THE WILL OF MINE ENEMIES - Let them not accomplish their desires in regard to me; let them not be able to carry out their purposes. The word here rendered “will” means properly “soul,” but it is used here evidently to denote “wish” or “desire.” Compare Psalms 35:25. FOR FALSE WITNESSES ARE RISEN UP AGAINST ME - People who would lay false charges against him, or who would wrongfully accuse him. They charged him with crimes which he never committed, and they persecuted him as if he were guilty of what they alleged against him. AND SUCH AS BREATHE OUT CRUELTY - That is, they meditate violence or cruel treatment. They are intent on this; they pant for it. Saul of Tarsus thus “breathed out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord.” See

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) is altogether joyous and jubilant. It records, as has been said, "the triumph of a warrior's faith." Part 2. (Psalms 27:7) is sad and plaintive. It pleads for mercy and forgiveness (Psalms 27:8). It complains of desertion (Psalms 27:10), calumny (Psalms 27:12), and imminent danger ...

DELIVER ME NOT OVER UNTO THE WILL OF MINE ENEMIES,.... It is a dreadful thing for a man to be given up to his own heart's lusts, and to be delivered up into the hands of Satan; who would fain have even the people of God themselves in his hands, that he might distress them at pleasure, if not destroy them; and also to be suffered to fall into the hands of wicked men, whose tender mercies are cruel; FOR FALSE WITNESSES ARE RISEN UP AGAINST ME; laying to his charge, that he sought to take away from Saul his crown and kingdom, and even his life, 1 Samuel 24:9; AND SUCH AS BREATHE OUT CRUELTY; as Doeg the Edomite, whose tongue was as a sharp razor, and by whose hands four score and five priests were slain, on account of David's being supplied with bread by Ahimelech; the word is in the singular number; see...

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 seek his solace; that is, in his God. Thus sweetly does the psalmist sing. 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?_ David leaves the broken cisterns of the earth, which can hold no water, and goes directly to the divine fountain-head. He does not say, «Ahithophel is my light, Uzzia, the Ashterathite, is my friend and my joy; but he says, «Jehovah is my light.» Candles soon burn out, but the sun shineth on; and, eventually, «the sun shall he turned into darkness» but Jehovah, our God, is «the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.» David does no

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 (Psalms 27:7) Psalms 27:1. This Psalm leads us deeper. We repeat that primarily it is a rehearsal of David's experience, perhaps at the time of Absalom's rebellion. Here faith breaks through in triumph, with deep longings for the house of the Lord and for His presence, which is followed by a description of the trials through which the godly Israelites wi

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 affliction and implores Yahweh's help. PSALMS 27:10. Read _mg._...