Psalm 27:14

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 27:1-14

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 given rise to the view that two men have written the psalm, or if one person is the author, he must have written them at different times. The psalm reveals the true attitude and exercise of the worshipping soul. Praise and prayer follow each other in their true order. First the offering of... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 27:14

Wait for YHWH, be strong, And let you heart take courage. Yes, wait you for YHWH. Like the first section, the second section ends with a repetition, but this time it is a repetition of the need to wait for YHWH, addressed by the Psalmist to himself, and to every individual in the congregation. Sometimes patient endurance is required. God does not always act at once. And so each must wait and be strong. Each must let his heart take courage, for it is necessary to wait for YHWH, with the... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 27:1-14

XXVII. Many scholars hold that we have here two Pss., and not without reason. Psalms 27:1-Joshua : is the expression of childlike trust under favourable circumstances: in Psalms 27:7-2 Chronicles : the poet is in grievous affliction and implores Yahweh’ s help. Psalms 27:10 . Read mg. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 27:14

Wait on the Lord, O my soul; to which he now turneth his speech; as he frequently doth in this book. He shall strengthen thine heart; he will uphold thee, and keep thee from fainting and sinking under thy burdens. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 27:1-14

INTRODUCTIONThis 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 occasion to which the psalm especially referred have failed, and from this failure; we may infer either that David originally uttered the psalm from the soul of the oppressed righteous man, or that, if he wrote it in reference to a particular occasion, he generalised his own experience.”THE FEARLESSNESS... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Psalms 27:14

Psalms 27:14 No state is more dreary than that of the repentant sinner when first he understands where he is and begins to turn his thoughts towards the Great Master whom He has offended. A man finds that he has a great work to do, and does not know how to do it, or even what it is; and his impatience and restlessness are as great as his conscious ignorance; indeed, he is restless because he is ignorant. There is great danger of his taking wrong steps, inasmuch as he is anxious to move and does... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 27:1-14

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 fear? Past deliverances should always inspire hopes for the future. In the time of triumph and of joy he made religion his chief delight. “One thing have I desired of the Lord.” That voice, “one thing is needful,” should often sound in our ears. David in all his exile had preserved a confidence in... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 27:1-14

Psalms 27:1-14The Lord is my light and my salvation. Implicit trustThis 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 against his troubles, after all. He prays so passionately, that we should deem him weak even to cowardice, if it were not for the fact that he praises so jubilantly, and lifts his head with a most unsubdued ring in his voice. The psalm is like a summer cloud just before a storm, in that it... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 27:7-14

Psalms 27:7-14Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice.A prayer of desire and dependenceDavid here expresses--I. his desire towards God. If he cannot now go up to the house of the Lord, yet, wherever he is, he can find a way to the throne of grace by prayer.1. He humbly bespeaks, because he firmly believes he shall have, a gracious audience (verse7).2. He takes hold of the kind invitation God had given him to this duty (Psalms 27:8).(1) The true nature of religious worship. Seeking the face of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 27:14

Psalms 27:14Wait on the Lord, be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart; wait, I say, on the Lord. The Christian’s strengthThe Church of God has often been in a low, languishing, and, to all human appearance, in a desperate condition; yet one thing, as Solomon says, is set against another, and it has been at such times that His people have realized most fully the comforts of His providence and gracious presence. These stars shine brightest in dark winter nights. How wonderful have... read more

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