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The Psalms (Hebrew: Tehillim — "praises") are the hymn book of God's covenant people, spanning roughly 1000 BC (David) to the post-exilic period. David authored at least 73 by the superscriptions, and the NT treats these as authoritative prophecy (Acts 2:25-31; 4:25-26; 13:35).
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- Primary Witness Text: 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? When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple. For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up. Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. I had fainted, unless I h...
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The Psalms (Hebrew: Tehillim — "praises") are the hymn book of God's covenant people, spanning roughly 1000 BC (David) to the post-exilic period. David authored at least 73 by the superscriptions, and the NT treats these as authoritative prophecy (Acts 2:25-31; 4:25-26; 13:35).
Psalm 22 stands as the supreme individual lament-to-praise psalm, with its opening cry quoted by Jesus from the cross and its crucifixion details — composed 1000 years before Rome invented crucifixion — as among the most powerful predictive prophecy evidence in Scripture.
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Psalms 27:1
Hebrew
לְדָוִד ׀ יְהוָה ׀ אוֹרִי וְיִשְׁעִי מִמִּי אִירָא יְהוָה מָֽעוֹז־חַיַּי מִמִּי אֶפְחָֽד׃ledavid- -yehvah- -'voriy-veyishe'iy-mimiy-'iyra'-yehvah-ma'voz-chayay-mimiy-'efechad
KJV: 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?
AKJV: 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?
ASV: Jehovah is my light and my salvation;
YLT: By David. Jehovah is my light and my salvation, Whom do I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life, Of whom am I afraid?
Exposition: Psalms 27:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 27:2
Hebrew
בִּקְרֹב עָלַי ׀ מְרֵעִים לֶאֱכֹל אֶת־בְּשָׂרִי צָרַי וְאֹיְבַי לִי הֵמָּה כָשְׁלוּ וְנָפָֽלוּ׃viqerov-'alay- -mere'iym-le'ekhol-'et-veshariy-tzaray-ve'oyevay-liy-hemah-khashelv-venafalv
KJV: When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
AKJV: When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came on me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
ASV: When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh,
YLT: When evil doers come near to me to eat my flesh, My adversaries and mine enemies to me, They have stumbled and fallen.
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Psalms 27:2
Psalms 27:2 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Psalms 27:2
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Exposition: Psalms 27:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 27:3
Hebrew
אִם־תַּחֲנֶה עָלַי ׀ מַחֲנֶה לֹֽא־יִירָא לִבִּי אִם־תָּקוּם עָלַי מִלְחָמָה בְּזֹאת אֲנִי בוֹטֵֽחַ׃'im-tachaneh-'alay- -machaneh-lo'-yiyra'-liviy-'im-taqvm-'alay-milechamah-vezo't-'aniy-vvotecha
KJV: Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
AKJV: Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
ASV: Though a host should encamp against me,
YLT: Though a host doth encamp against me, My heart doth not fear, Though war riseth up against me, In this I am confident.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 27:3Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 27:3
Psalms 27:3 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Psalms 27:3
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Exposition: Psalms 27:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 27:4
Hebrew
אַחַת ׀ שָׁאַלְתִּי מֵֽאֵת־יְהוָה אוֹתָהּ אֲבַקֵּשׁ שִׁבְתִּי בְּבֵית־יְהוָה כָּל־יְמֵי חַיַּי לַחֲזוֹת בְּנֹֽעַם־יְהוָה וּלְבַקֵּר בְּהֵיכָלֽוֹ׃'achat- -sha'aletiy-me'et-yehvah-'votah-'avaqesh-shivetiy-veveyt-yehvah-khal-yemey-chayay-lachazvot-veno'am-yehvah-vlevaqer-veheykhalvo
KJV: One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
AKJV: One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.
ASV: One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after:
YLT: One thing I asked of Jehovah--it I seek. My dwelling in the house of Jehovah, All the days of my life, To look on the pleasantness of Jehovah, And to inquire in His temple.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 27:4Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 27:4
Psalms 27:4 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Psalms 27:4
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- Psalms 27:4
Exposition: Psalms 27:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 27:5
Hebrew
כִּי יִצְפְּנֵנִי ׀ בְּסֻכֹּה בְּיוֹם רָעָה יַסְתִּרֵנִי בְּסֵתֶר אָהֳלוֹ בְּצוּר יְרוֹמְמֵֽנִי׃khiy-yitzefeneniy- -vesukhoh-veyvom-ra'ah-yasetireniy-veseter-'aholvo-vetzvr-yervomemeniy
KJV: For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
AKJV: For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up on a rock.
ASV: For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion:
YLT: For He hideth me in a tabernacle in the day of evil, He hideth me in a secret place of His tent, On a rock he raiseth me up.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 27:5Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 27:5
Psalms 27:5 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Psalms 27:5
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Exposition: Psalms 27:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 27:6
Hebrew
וְעַתָּה יָרוּם רֹאשִׁי עַל אֹֽיְבַי סְֽבִיבוֹתַי וְאֶזְבְּחָה בְאָהֳלוֹ זִבְחֵי תְרוּעָה אָשִׁירָה וַאֲזַמְּרָה לַיהוָֽה׃ve'atah-yarvm-ro'shiy-'al-'oyevay-seviyvvotay-ve'ezevechah-ve'aholvo-zivechey-terv'ah-'ashiyrah-va'azamerah-layhvah
KJV: And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
AKJV: And now shall my head be lifted up above my enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD.
ASV: And now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me;
YLT: And now, lifted up is my head, Above my enemies--my surrounders, And I sacrifice in His tent sacrifices of shouting, I sing, yea, I sing praise to Jehovah.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 27:6Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 27:6
Psalms 27:6 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Psalms 27:6
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- Psalms 27:6
Exposition: Psalms 27:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 27:7
Hebrew
שְׁמַע־יְהוָה קוֹלִי אֶקְרָא וְחָנֵּנִי וַעֲנֵֽנִי׃shema'-yehvah-qvoliy-'eqera'-vechaneniy-va'aneniy
KJV: Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
AKJV: Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also on me, and answer me.
ASV: Hear, O Jehovah, when I cry with my voice:
YLT: Hear, O Jehovah, my voice--I call, And favour me, and answer me.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 27:7Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 27:7
Psalms 27:7 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Psalms 27:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 27:8
Hebrew
לְךָ ׀ אָמַר לִבִּי בַּקְּשׁוּ פָנָי אֶת־פָּנֶיךָ יְהוָה אֲבַקֵּֽשׁ׃lekha- -'amar-liviy-vaqeshv-fanay-'et-faneykha-yehvah-'avaqesh
KJV: When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
AKJV: When you said, Seek you my face; my heart said to you, Your face, LORD, will I seek.
ASV: When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee,
YLT: To Thee said my heart `They sought my face, Thy face, O Jehovah, I seek.'
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 27:8Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 27:8
Psalms 27:8 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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- Psalms 27:8
Exposition: Psalms 27:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 27:9
Hebrew
אַל־תַּסְתֵּר פָּנֶיךָ ׀ מִמֶּנִּי אַֽל־תַּט־בְּאַף עַבְדֶּךָ עֶזְרָתִי הָיִיתָ אַֽל־תִּטְּשֵׁנִי וְאַל־תַּֽעַזְבֵנִי אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׁעִֽי׃'al-taseter-faneykha- -mimeniy-'al-tat-ve'af-'avedekha-'ezeratiy-hayiyta-'al-titesheniy-ve'al-ta'azeveniy-'elohey-yishe'iy
KJV: Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
AKJV: Hide not your face far from me; put not your servant away in anger: you have been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
ASV: Hide not thy face from me;
YLT: Hide not Thy face from me, Turn not aside in anger Thy servant, My help Thou hast been. Leave me not, nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.
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Psalms 27:9
Psalms 27:9 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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- Psalms 27:9
Exposition: Psalms 27:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 27:10
Hebrew
כִּי־אָבִי וְאִמִּי עֲזָבוּנִי וַֽיהוָה יַֽאַסְפֵֽנִי׃khiy-'aviy-ve'imiy-'azavvniy-vayhvah-ya'asefeniy
KJV: When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.
AKJV: When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.
ASV: When my father and my mother forsake me,
YLT: When my father and my mother Have forsaken me, then doth Jehovah gather me.
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Psalms 27:10
Psalms 27:10 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Psalms 27:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 27:11
Hebrew
הוֹרֵנִי יְהוָה דַּרְכֶּךָ וּנְחֵנִי בְּאֹרַח מִישׁוֹר לְמַעַן שׁוֹרְרָֽי׃hvoreniy-yehvah-darekhekha-vnecheniy-ve'orach-miyshvor-lema'an-shvoreray
KJV: Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
AKJV: Teach me your way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of my enemies.
ASV: Teach me thy way, O Jehovah;
YLT: Shew me, O Jehovah, Thy way, And lead me in a path of uprightness, For the sake of my beholders.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 27:11Generated editorial synthesis
Commentary Witness (Generated)
Psalms 27:11
Psalms 27:11 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Psalms 27:11
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- Psalms 27:11
Exposition: Psalms 27:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 27:12
Hebrew
אַֽל־תִּתְּנֵנִי בְּנֶפֶשׁ צָרָי כִּי קָֽמוּ־בִי עֵֽדֵי־שֶׁקֶר וִיפֵחַ חָמָֽס׃'al-titeneniy-venefesh-tzaray-khiy-qamv-viy-'edey-sheqer-viyfecha-chamas
KJV: Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
AKJV: Deliver me not over to the will of my enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
ASV: Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries:
YLT: Give me not to the will of my adversaries, For risen against me have false witnesses, And they breathe out violence to me.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 27:12Generated editorial synthesis
Commentary Witness (Generated)
Psalms 27:12
Psalms 27:12 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Psalms 27:12
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- Psalms 27:12
Exposition: Psalms 27:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 27:13
Hebrew
לׅוּלֵׅאׅ הֶאֱמַנְתִּי לִרְאוֹת בְּֽטוּב־יְהוָה בְּאֶרֶץ חַיִּֽים׃lvle'-he'emanetiy-lire'vot-vetvv-yehvah-ve'eretz-chayiym
KJV: I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
AKJV: I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
ASV: I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah
YLT: I had not believed to look on the goodness of Jehovah In the land of the living!
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 27:13Generated editorial synthesis
Commentary Witness (Generated)
Psalms 27:13
Psalms 27:13 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Psalms 27:13
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- Psalms 27:13
Exposition: Psalms 27:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 27:14
Hebrew
קַוֵּה אֶל־יְהוָה חֲזַק וְיַאֲמֵץ לִבֶּךָ וְקַוֵּה אֶל־יְהוָֽה׃qaveh-'el-yehvah-chazaq-veya'ametz-livekha-veqaveh-'el-yehvah
KJV: Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
AKJV: Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
ASV: Wait for Jehovah:
YLT: Look unto Jehovah--be strong, And He doth strengthen thy heart, Yea, look unto Jehovah!
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 27:14Generated editorial synthesis
Commentary Witness (Generated)
Psalms 27:14
Psalms 27:14 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Psalms 27:14
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Psalms 27:14
Exposition: Psalms 27:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
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- Psalms 27:1
- Psalms 27:2
- Psalms 27:3
- Psalms 27:4
- Psalms 27:5
- Psalms 27:6
- Psalms 27:7
- Psalms 27:8
- Psalms 27:9
- Psalms 27:10
- Psalms 27:11
- Psalms 27:12
- Psalms 27:13
- Psalms 27:14
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Psalms 27:1
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