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<p id="Chapter27" align="center">Commentary by A. R. FAUSSET<br>PSALM 27
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<p id="Ps27_1"><a onclick="return mV('Psa',27,'1-14');">Psa 27:1-14</a>. <p> With a general strain of confidence, hope, and joy, especially in God's worship, in the midst of dangers, the Psalmist introduces prayer for divine help and guidance.
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<p><b>1. light</b>—is a common figure for comfort.
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<br><br><b>strength</b>—or, "stronghold"—affording security against all violence. The interrogations give greater vividness to the negation implied.
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<p id="Ps27_2"><b>2. eat...my flesh</b>— (<a href= "#" onclick="return mV('Job',19,22);">Job 19:22</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',14,4);">Psa 14:4</a>). The allusion to wild beasts illustrates their rapacity.
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<br><br><b>they stumbled</b>—"they" is emphatic; <i>not I,</i> but <i>they</i> were destroyed.
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<p id="Ps27_3"><b>3.</b> In the greatest dangers.
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<br><br><b>in this</b>—that is, then, in such extremity.
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<p id="Ps27_4"><b>4, 5.</b> The secret of his confidence is his delight in communion with God (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',16,11);">Psa 16:11</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',23,6);">23:6</a>), beholding the harmony of His perfections, and seeking His favor in His temple or palace; a term applicable to the tabernacle (compare <a onclick="return mV('Psa',5,7);">Psa 5:7</a>). There he is safe (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',31,21);">Psa 31:21</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',61,5);">61:5</a>). The figure is changed in the last clause, but the sentiment is the same.
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<p id="Ps27_6"><b>6. head be lifted up</b>—I shall be placed beyond the reach of my enemies. Hence he avows his purpose of rendering joyful thank offerings.
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<p id="Ps27_7"><b>7.</b> Still pressing need extorts prayer for help.
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<br><br><b>cry with my voice</b>—denotes earnestness. Other things equal, Christians in earnest pray audibly, even in secret.
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<p id="Ps27_8"><b>8.</b> The meaning is clear, though the construction in a literal translation is obscure. The <i>English Version</i> supplies the implied clause. To <i>seek God's face</i> is to seek His favor (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',105,4);">Psa 105:4</a>).
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<p id="Ps27_9"><b>9. Hide not,</b> etc.— (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',4,6);">Psa 4:6</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',22,24);">22:24</a>). Against rejection he pleads former mercy and love.
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<p id="Ps27_10"><b>10.</b> In the extremity of earthly destitution (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',31,11);">Psa 31:11</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',38,11);">38:11</a>), God provides (compare <a onclick="return mV('Mat',25,35);">Mat 25:35</a>).
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<p id="Ps27_11"><b>11. thy way</b>—of providence.
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<br><br><b>a plain path</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',26,12);">Psa 26:12</a>).
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<br><br><b>enemies</b>—literally, "watchers for my fall" (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',5,8);">Psa 5:8</a>).
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<p id="Ps27_12"><b>12. will</b>—literally, "soul," "desire" (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',35,25);">Psa 35:25</a>).
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<br><br><b>enemies</b>—literally, "oppressors." Falsehood aids cruelty against him.
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<br><br><b>breathe out</b>—as being filled with it (<a onclick="return mV('Act',9,1);">Act 9:1</a>).
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<p id="Ps27_13"><b>13.</b> The strong emotion is indicated by the incomplete sentence, for which the <i>English Version</i> supplies a proper clause; or, omitting that, and rendering, "<i>yet</i> I <i>believed,</i>" etc., the contrast of his faith and his danger is expressed.
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<br><br><b>to see</b>—is to experience (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',22,17);">Psa 22:17</a>).
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<p id="Ps27_14"><b>14. Wait,</b> etc.—in confident expectation. The last clause is, literally, "and wait," etc., as if expecting new measures of help.
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