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Verse Psalms 27:4. _ONE_ THING _HAVE I DESIRED_] If I am grown too
old, and from that circumstance unable to serve my country, I shall
then prefer a retirement to the tabernacle, there to serve God th...
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ONE THING HAVE I DESIRED OF THE LORD - One main object; one thing that
I have especially desired; one thing which has been the object of my
constant wish. This ruling desire of his heart the psalmist...
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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 (Psalms 27:7)
Psa...
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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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DWELL, &C. Compare Psalms 23:6.
BEAUTY. pleasantness, delightfulness.
ENQUIRE. contemplate with admiration.
TEMPLE. palace. Used generally of heaven, but also of the holy place
(Greek. _naos)._...
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_One_thing _have I desired_ R.V., One thing have I asked; above all
others as the climax of my petitions.
_to behold_ The word implies a wondering and delighted _gazing_.
_the beauty_ Or, _pleasantn...
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THE BEAUTY OF THE LORD— i.e. The cheering countenance of God, whose
presence was more conspicuously manifested in his temple....
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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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_ONE THING HAVE I DESIRED OF THE LORD, THAT WILL I SEEK AFTER; THAT I
MAY DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE, TO BEHOLD
THE BEAUTY OF THE LORD, AND TO INQUIRE IN HIS TEMPLE._
One...
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27:4 beauty (g-31) Or 'graciousness,' and so in Psalms 90:17 ....
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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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TO BEHOLD THE BEAUTY. — Literally, _to see into the favour_ —
_i.e., to_ meditate on the graciousness of God.
TO ENQUIRE ... — Literally, _to look into,_ either judicially or
critically; here, “to _p...
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אַחַ֤ת ׀ שָׁאַ֣לְתִּי מֵֽ אֵת
־יְהוָה֮ אֹותָ֪הּ אֲבַ֫קֵּ֥שׁ
שִׁבְתִּ֣י בְּ בֵית ־יְ֭הוָה כָּל
־יְמֵ֣י חַיַּ֑י
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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 Hol...
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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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(c) One [thing] have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after;
that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to
behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple....
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_Reward. He speaks prophetically, (ver. 5.) or of spiritual enemies.
(Berthier) --- "If they do not understand by kindness, make them
understand by torments." (St. Jerome) --- He alludes to the calami...
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While we distinguish Christ here also, as our glorious Head, thus
seeking, above all things, communion with the Father; and while we
behold the blessed Jesus spending whole nights in prayer to God (Lu...
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4._One thing have I desired. _Some consider this as a prophecy of the
perpetuity of David’s kingdom, on which not only his own personal
happiness depended, but also the happiness of his whole people;...
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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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ONE [THING] HAVE I DESIRED OF THE LORD,.... Not to be returned to
Saul's court; nor to his own house and family; nor to have an
affluence of worldly riches and honours; but to have constant abode
it,...
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One [thing] have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I
may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold
the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
Ver....
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_One thing have I desired of the Lord_ It greatly encouraged David's
confidence in God, that he was conscious to himself of an entire
affection to him and his ordinances, and that he was in his elemen...
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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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THE BEAUTY:
Or, the delight...
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1-6 The Lord, who is the believer's light, is the strength of his
life; not only by whom, but in whom he lives and moves. In God let us
strengthen ourselves. The gracious presence of God, his power,...
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Though I am exercised with many troubles, there is but one thing that
I am very solicitous for, or desirous of, and that is not victory and
triumphs over all mine enemies, assured peace and settlement...
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Psalms 27:4 One H259 desired H7592 (H8804) LORD H3068 seek H1245
(H8762) dwell H3427 (H8800) house H1004 LORD H3068 days H3117 life
H2416 behold H2372 (H8800) beauty H5278 LORD H3068 inquire H1239
(H8...
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One thing have I asked of YHWH,
That will I seek after,
That I may dwell in the house of YHWH,
All the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of YHWH,
And to enquire in his temple.
For he has only...
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Psalms 27:4
Moral effects of communion with God.
I. What is prayer? It is _conversing_with God. We converse with our
fellow-men, and then we use familiar language, because they _are_our
fellows. We...
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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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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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_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 describes a faithful person
attac...
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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
o...
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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 10:13; 1 Chronicles 10:14; 1 Samuel 1:11; 1 Samuel 22:10;
1 Samuel 30:8; 1 Timothy 5:5; 2 Corinthians 3:18; 2 Corinthians 4:6; 2
Samuel 21:1;...
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Dwell. &c. — Have opportunity of constant attendance upon God. To
behold — That there I may delight myself, in the contemplation of
thy amiable and glorious majesty, and of thy infinite wisdom,
holine...