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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...
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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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TEACH. Point out, or Direct.
ENEMIES. those that observe me....
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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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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...
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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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_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...
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27:11 enemies. (b-16) Or 'those that lie in wait for me.'...
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A PLAIN PATH] not a path clearly marked, but one that is level and
safe....
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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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ENEMIES. — Comp. Psalms 56:2; Psalms 54:7; Psalms 59:10. Ewald,
“malignant liers in wait”; so Aquila....
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הֹ֤ורֵ֥נִי יְהוָ֗ה דַּ֫רְכֶּ֥ךָ וּ֭
נְחֵנִי בְּ...
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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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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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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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...
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A PLAIN PATH:
_ Heb._ a way of plainness
ENEMIES:
_ Heb._ those which observe me...
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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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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....
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Psalms 27:11 Teach H3384 (H8685) way H1870 LORD H3068 lead H5148
(H8798) smooth H4334 path H734 enemies...
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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...
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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...
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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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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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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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_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...
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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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Daniel 6:4; Daniel 6:5; Isaiah 30:20; Isaiah 30:21; Isaiah 35:8;...
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Because of — That I may neither fall into their hands by my folly,
nor give them any occasion of triumphing over me....