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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Psalms 27:8

People; ( hoz lamu) instead of which the Hebrew has lamo, " their strength;" though the people of God had not been mentioned. St. Jerome translates, "the Lord is my strength." Houbigant shews that the Vulgate is most accurate. (Berthier) --- Protestants' marginal note, "his strength." --- Salvation. Literally, "salvations," as he had many times protected David, as well as (Haydock) the priests and prophets, and all the chosen people, 1 Peter ii. 9. (Calmet) --- God causeth the good endeavours of the king for his subjects to prosper. (Worthington)

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 27:8. WHEN THOU SAIDST, _SEEK YE MY FACE_] How much labour and skill have been employed to make sense of this verse as it stands in our translation! The original words are the following,...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WHEN THOU SAIDST, SEEK YE MY FACE ... - Margin, “My heart said unto thee, Let my face seek thy face.” The literal translation would be: “To Thee hath said my heart, Seek ye my face; thy face, O Lord,...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WHEN, &C.: or, "To thee, my heart, He hath said, 'Seek thou My face'; Thy face,. Jehovah, will. seek"....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The tone of the Psalm changes abruptly to plaintive and anxious supplication. God seems to be on the point of hiding His face....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The A.V. gives the general sense fairly. But the text as it stands must be rendered: Unto thee my heart hath said: -Seek ye my face"; -Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek." In prayer from his innermost...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    WHEN THOU SAIDST, SEEK YE MY FACE, &C.— The words, _when thou saidst_ are not in the original. Bishop Hare inserts the word אלהים _elohim,_ and reads it thus, _To thee, O my soul, God said, Seek ye my...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _WHEN THOU SAIDST, SEEK YE MY FACE; MY HEART SAID UNTO THEE, THY FACE, LORD, WILL I SEEK._ My heart said unto thee - rather, 'my heart saith unto thee' (i:e., is continually, with silent speech, remi...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    The original is condensed, but the words in italics express the thought. This v. gives the essence of all divine revelation and of all human response to it. SEEK YE MY FACE] as a visitor seeks access...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WHEN THOU SAIDST. — The margin rightly rejects these words, and restores the order of the Hebrew; but the text of the Authorised Version really gives its meaning. The thought seems borrowed from seek...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לְךָ֤ ׀ אָמַ֣ר לִ֭בִּי בַּקְּשׁ֣וּ פָנָ֑י אֶת...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    [When thou saidst], (e) Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. (e) He grounds on God's promise and shows that he is most willing to obey his commandment....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    These also are precious things, if considered with an eye to Christ: but, without him, as was said by Joseph to the sons of Israel, ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. Genesis 4...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    8._My heart said to thee. _The change of person in the verbs has occasioned a variety of interpretations of this verse. But whoever closely examines David’s design will perceive that the text runs per...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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),...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    [WHEN THOU SAIDST], SEEK YE MY FACE,.... To seek the face of the Lord is to attend his house and ordinances, where he grants his presence; and with this view to enjoy his gracious presence, and the li...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Psalms 27:8 [When thou saidst], Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. Ver. 8. _When thou saidst, Seek ye my face, &c._] Or, "My heart said unto thee" (or, for thee, a...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _When thou saidst_ Either by thy word commanding or inviting me so to do; or, by thy Spirit directing and inclining me; _Seek ye my face_ Seek my presence, and favour, and help, by fervent, faithful p...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    When Thou saidst, Seek ye My face, at Jehovah's call to seek His face, MY HEART SAID UNTO THEE, THY FACE, LORD, WILL I SEEK; the heart of the believer being attuned to the fellowship with Jehovah, it...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    WHEN THOU SAIDST, SEEK YE MY FACE; MY HEART SAID UNTO THEE: Or, my heart said unto thee, let my face seek thy face, etc....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    WHEN THOU SAIDST; either by thy word, commanding and inviting me so to do; or by thy Spirit, directing and inclining me to it. SEEK YE MY FACE, i.e. seek my presence, and favour, and help, by fervent...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 27:8 Seek H1245 (H8761) face H6440 heart H3820 said H559 (H8804) face H6440 LORD H3068 seek...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    WHEN THOU Or, My heart said unto thee, Let my face seek thy face....

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Psalms 27:8 The text divides itself into two parts. We have (1) God's address to man; (2) man's reply to God. I. God's address to man: "Thou saidst, Seek ye My face." (1) Here we have the origin of a...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _When Thou saidst, Seek ye My face; my heart said unto Thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek._ A SWEET ECHO One of the sweetest marvels of nature is “the echo.” It is nature’s poetry that charms and capt...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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 Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 27:8 God addresses his words, SEEK MY FACE, to more than one person. The singer responds to the invitation. The seeking is done in the sanctuary (see. v. Psalms

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Hosea 5:15; Isaiah 45:19; Isaiah 55:6; Isaiah 55:7; Jeremiah 29:12;...

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