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Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 27:14

(14) He shall strengthen.—Better, let thy heart be strong.Wait . . .—Heb., wait for Jehovah, and wait for Jehovah. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 27:1-14

Psalms 27:0 India was still heaving with the ground-swell of the terrible Mutiny of 1857, when the wife of Sir John Lawrence was called home to her children in England, and had to leave her husband, who could not quit his post, surrounded by the smouldering embers which might, at any moment, rekindle into flame, and worn to exhaustion with the anxiety and labour which did so much for the preservation of the Indian Empire. She thus writes: 'When the last morning of separation, Jan. 6, 1858,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 27:1-14

Psalms 27:1-14THE 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 27:7-14) are strikingly unlike those of the former part, and the contrast of feeling is equally marked, and is in the opposite direction from that which is usual, since it drops from exultant faith to at least plaintive, if not anxious petition. But while the phenomena are plain and remarkable, they do not seem to demand the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 27:1-14

Psalms 27:0 Holy Longings and Anticipations 1. Confidence in the Lord (Psalms 27:1-3 ) 2. Longings and anticipations (Psalms 27:4-6 ) 3. Earnest prayer in trial and trust in the Lord (Psalms 27:7-14 ) Psalms 27:1-3 . 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... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 27:12

27:12 Deliver me not over unto the {g} will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.(g) But either pacify their wrath, or bridle their rage. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 27:13

27:13 [I had fainted], unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD {h} in the land of the living.(h) In this present life before I die, as in Isaiah 38:11. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 27:14

27:14 {i} Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.(i) He exhorts himself to depend on the Lord seeing he never failed in his promises. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Psalms 27:1-14

Psalms 25:0 In the Hebrew this prayer is arranged as an acrostic, i.e., the first word of each verse begins with a letter in alphabetical order from A-to-Z. Hereafter we shall not give as much attention to every psalm as we have thus far, but trust the reader to do the analyzing after the examples given. The purpose of this book is not so much textual explanation as a stimulus to Bible study in a broader sense, and it is assumed that the reader has been studying the Bible side by side with the... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 27:11

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 Jesus, but he will incline the heart into the love and delight of him. read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 27:12

Here again, if it had been needed by way of confirmation, that this whole Psalm primarily belongs to, and is speaking of the blessed Jesus, this verse most plainly testifies. Mark 14:55-59 . read more

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