Psalms 27:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. ”

Psalms 27:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice - This earnest prayer seems to have been prompted by a returning sense of danger. He had had assurance of the divine favor. He had found God ready to help h...
Psalms 27:7 - 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 27:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Have mercy . Show favour, or Be gracious.
Psalms 27:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. Hear, O Jehovah! my voice. The Psalmist returns again to prayer, and in doing so, he declares with what armor he was furnished to break through his temptations. By the word cry, he exp...
Psalms 27:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. Hear, O Lord, when I cry - This is the utmost that any man of common sense can expect - to be heard when he cries. Bu...
Psalms 27:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. Transition from triumphant confidence to mournful supplication Descending in thought from heaven to Transition f...
Psalms 27:7 - 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 27:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The change of tone so marked here, from the warlike to the plaintive, leads to the supposition that Psalms 27:7-12 are interpolated from another song of quite another kind in contents, art, and per...
Psalms 27:7 - 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 27:7 - 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 27:7 - 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 27:7 - 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...
Psalms 27:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hear, O Lord, [when] I cry with my voice ,.... Which is to be understood of prayer, and that in the time of distress; and of vocal prayer, as distinguished from mental prayer; and the phrase denotes...
Psalms 27:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hear, O LORD, [when] I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. Ver. 7. Hear, O Lord, when I cry ] This was his form of prayer, or to this effect, when he was in any distress or...
Psalms 27:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Confidence in Divine Goodness. 7 Hear, O L ORD , when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. ...
Psalms 27:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Psalms 27:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hear, O YHWH, when I cry with my voice, Have mercy also on me, and answer me. In this second part of the Psalm it appears as though his family have cast him off, with the result that he is concerne...
Psalms 27:7 - 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 27:7 - 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 27:7 - 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 27:7 - 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 27:7 - 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 27:7 - 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 27:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 130:2-4 ; Psalms 143:1 ; Psalms 143:2 ; Psalms 4:1 ; Psalms 5:2

Psalms 27:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 27:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 27:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 27:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 27:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 27:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 27:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 27:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 27:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 27:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 27:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 27:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 27:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 27:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 27:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 27:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 27:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 27:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 27:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 27:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 27:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 27:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 27:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 27:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge