Psalms 27:8

Hosea 5:15; Isaiah 45:19; Isaiah 55:6; Isaiah 55:7; Jeremiah 29:12; Jeremiah 29:13; Psalms 105:4; Psalms 119:58; Psalms 24:6; Psalms 63:1; Psalms 63:2

Related Commentaries of Psalms 27:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

When thou saidst, Seek ye my face ... - Margin, “My heart said unto thee, Let my face seek thy face.” The literal translation would be: “To Thee...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

[When thou saidst], (e) Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. (e) He grounds on God's promise and shows that he is...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

When, &c.: or, "To thee, my heart, He hath said, 'Seek thou My face'; Thy face,. Jehovah, will. seek".
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. My heart said to thee. The change of person in the verbs has occasioned a variety of interpretations of this verse. But whoever closely e...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

When thou saidst , Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. When thou saidst, Seek ye my face - How much labor and ski...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

When thou saidst, Seek ye my face, &c.— The words, when thou saidst are not in the original. Bishop Hare inserts the word אלהים elohim, and...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. My heart said unto thee - rather, 'my heart saith un...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The original is condensed, but the words in italics express the thought. This v. gives the essence of all divine revelation and of all human response...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

When thou saidst. — The margin rightly rejects these words, and restores the order of the Hebrew; but the text of the Authorised Version really giv...
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 th...
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,...
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....
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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[When thou saidst], seek ye my face ,.... To seek the face of the Lord is to attend his house and ordinances, where he grants his presence; and with...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 27:8 [When thou saidst], Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. Ver. 8. When thou saidst, Seek ye my face...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When thou saidst Either by thy word commanding or inviting me so to do; or, by thy Spirit directing and inclining me; Seek ye my face Seek my pre...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Confidence in Divine Goodness. 7 Hear, O L ORD , when I cry with my...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

When thou saidst; either by thy word, commanding and inviting me so to do; or by thy Spirit, directing and inclining me to it. Seek ye my face, i...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

To (or ‘towards') you my heart said, “Seek you my face”, It is tempting here to see these words as the words of YHWH interspersed with the Psalmist...
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....
Scofield Reference Notes

when thou Or, My heart said unto thee, Let my face seek thy face.
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 27:8 The text divides itself into two parts. We have (1) God's address to man; (2) man's reply to God. I. God's address to man: "Thou said...
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, a...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 27:1 . The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? If all your light comes from the Father of lights, with whom is no variab...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 fi...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 s...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 w...
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 h...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

When Thou saidst, Seek ye My face; my heart said unto Thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek. A sweet echo One of the sweetest marvels of nature is...
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 poss...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

When Thou saidst, Seek ye My face, at Jehovah's call to seek His face, my heart said unto Thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek; the heart of the belie...

⁸ When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 27:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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