Psalms 27:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, camea upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. ”

Psalms 27:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me - This refers, doubtless, to some particular period of his past life when he was in very great danger, and when God interposed to save...
Psalms 27:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XXVII. Many scholars hold that we have here two Pss., and not without reason. Psalms 27:1-6 is the expression of childlike trust under favourable circumstances: in Psalms 27:7-14 the poet is in...
Psalms 27:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

enemies . adversaries.
Psalms 27:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. When the wicked, etc. There is no reason for translating this sentence, as some interpreters do, into the future tense. (579) But while we retain the past tense which the prophet employs...
Psalms 27:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. When the wicked - came upon me - Near as I appeared to you to be in danger of losing my life...
Psalms 27:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

To eat up my flesh— See Job 31:31 . This expresses the utmost rancour or envy. There is the same expression in Ecclesiastes 4:5 where, as it should be translated, the fool is said to sit lazily...
Psalms 27:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. When ... came ... to eat up my flesh, they stumbled. The Hebrew order is emphatic, 'Wh...
Psalms 27:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This Ps. falls naturally into two parts, Psalms 27:1-6 and Psalms 27:7-14 , which are in such marked contrast as to make it probable that here, as in Psalms 19 , two independent poems have been c...
Psalms 27:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

When... — Literally, In the coming against me ( of ) the wicked to devour my flesh — my enemies and my foes to me — themselves stumbled and fell. Job 19:22 would allow us to understand th...
Psalms 27:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 27:1-14 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 27:7-14 ) are strikingly un...
Psalms 27:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Song of Fearless Trust in God Psalms 27:1-14 This psalm probably dates from the time when the exiled king, surrounded by unscrupulous foes, looked from his hiding-place beyond the Jordan to...
Psalms 27:2 - 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...
Psalms 27:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We shall enter into the spirit of this most lovely Psalm with double delight, if, as it refers so highly to Christ, we keep him in view through the whole of it. And that it is Jesus who is principall...
Psalms 27:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

When the wicked, [even] mine enemies and my foes, came upon me ,.... They are wicked men, men of malignant spirits, and evildoers, who are the enemies and foes of the people of God, and who hate the...
Psalms 27:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

When the wicked, [even] mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. Ver. 2. When the wicked, even mine enemies, came upon me ] Made impression upon me, with...
Psalms 27:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When my foes came upon me to eat up my flesh Greedy to devour me: aiming at no less than my utter destruction, and confident they should effect it; they stumbled and fell Not, I smote them and th...
Psalms 27:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Devout Confidence; Encouragement in Prayers. A psalm of David. 1 The L ORD is my light and my salvation; whom sha...
Psalms 27:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To eat up my flesh; greedy to devour me at one morsel. Compare Job 19:22 , Job 31:31 .
Psalms 27:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

When evil-doers came upon me, To eat up my flesh, Even my adversaries and my foes, They stumbled and fell. He casts his mind back to the past, and remembers how his enemies had tried to destroy h...
Psalms 27:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Psalms 27:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Psalms 27:2 - 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 f...
Psalms 27:2 - 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 agai...
Psalms 27:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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. ( Psal...
Psalms 27:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Psalms 27:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 8:15 ; Job 19:22 ; Job 31:31 ; John 18:3-6 ; Psalms 118:12 ; Psalms 14:4 ; Psalms 18:38-42 ; Psalms 18:4 ; Psalms 22:16 ; Psalms 3:7 ; Psalms 53:4 ; Psalms 62:3 ; Psalms 62:4
Psalms 27:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Light — My counsellor in all my difficulties, and my comforter and deliverer in all my distresses. Strength — The supporter and preserver of my life.

Psalms 27:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 27:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 27:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 27:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 27:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 27:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 27:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 27:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 27:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 27:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 27:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 27:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 27:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 27:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 27:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 27:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 27:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 27:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 27:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 27:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 27:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 27:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 27:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 27:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 27:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 27:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 27:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes