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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 27 [A Psalm] of David. The Septuagint interpreters add to this title, "before he was anointed". David was anointed three times, first when a youth in his father's house; but this psalm could not be written before that time, because he had not had then any experience of war, nor could be in any immediate apprehension of it, as here suggested; he was anointed a second time,...
John Gill
Teach me thy way, O Lord,.... Of providence, grace, and duty; [See comments on Psalms 25:4]; and lead me in a plain path: as the path of truth is to those that understand and find knowledge; and as the way of holiness is, even to such who in other things are fools, but shall not err therein, Proverbs 8:9 Isaiah 35:8; or the path of righteousness, in which Christ, the wisdom of God, and shepherd...
Matthew Henry
Some think David penned this psalm before his coming to the throne, when he was in the midst of his troubles, and perhaps upon occasion of the death of his parents; but the Jews think he penned it when he was old, upon occasion of the wonderful deliverance he had from the sword of the giant, when Abishai succoured him (2 Sam. xxi. 16, 17) and his people thereupon resolved he should never venture...
Charles H. Spurgeon
‘Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. “Make it clear what I ought to do; make it so clear that I shall do it. Let me not try to excuse myself, but may my way be so plainly upright and true that even my enemies cannot say anything against me! ‘Lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.’”
Charles H. Spurgeon
Teach me thy way, O LORD, “I am only a child; teach me, Lord. I am fatherless and motherless; take me into thine orphanage, and teach me thy way, O Lord!” Psa_27:11. And lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. “Make my way to he very straightforward! May my life be such that I never have to apologize for it! May there be no places in it about which unpleasant questions can be asked!...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Teach me thy way, O LORD, This is a sweetly practical prayer. Our heart often says, “Lord, let me have my own way;” but when grace has done its work, it talks in another fashion, “’Teach me thy way, O Lord.’ Only let me know what thou wouldst have me be, and do, and feel, and I submit myself to thee, joyfully. But, Lord, I am so weak that, even if I am taught thy way, I fear I shall not go in it...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Then the LORD will take me up. Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. This is a prayer which all Christians have good need to pray, for there are so many enemies who will, if they can, cause us to stumble, so many who watch for our halting, that we need to pray, “Lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.” Yet let me also say to you that it matters...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. “Lord, do not let me get into difficulties, so that I shM1 not know what to do, for my foes are so sharp-eyed that, if they can find a fault in me, they will; and even if there be no fault, they will make one. Therefore, Lord, ‘lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.’”
Charles H. Spurgeon
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 had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say on the...