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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
[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 this view to enjoy his gracious presence, and the light of his countenance, not being content with bare attendance without it; it is to seek the Lord himself, and communion with him through Christ, the brightness of his glory, and the Angel of his...
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
When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek. As if it were an echo, “Thy face, Lord, will I seek.” And he did seek it, and seek it at once. But, oh! there are many who have long been called to seek God’s face, who have never obeyed the summons; are you among that number? If so, the Lord have mercy upon you, and call you yet again! When he says, “Seek ye...
Charles H. Spurgeon
When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. The child of God knows his Father’s voice, and responds to it. God’s Word is like a seal, and we should be like the wax, ready to take the impress of it. “Seek ye my face.” “Thy face, Lord, will I seek.” It is the same expression reversed, just as it is when the seal makes an impression.
Charles H. Spurgeon
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. “So I answered thee when thou didst speak. Now answer me, O Lord, when I speak to thee.” It sometimes happens that God speaks to us, and we make no reply to him, and for that reason he refuses to hear us when we speak to him. You must have an opened ear to God if you...
Charles H. Spurgeon
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. Happy is the man who has a tender conscience, — whose heart is like the waves of the sea, which are easily moved by the breath of heaven; — so that, when God breathes upon him by his Holy Spirit, his soul is moved and controlled by...
Charles H. Spurgeon
When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. David springs forward to accept the divine invitation; the invitation was general: “Seek ye my face;” but the response was personal: “Thy face, Lord, will I seek.” Whether others would do so, or not, David resolved and declared that he would seek the face of the Lord; let every one of us, dear friends, do the...
Charles H. Spurgeon
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. Are we always mindful of divine monitions? When the still small voice in the heart says, “Seek ye my face,” brothers and sisters, do we always at once respond and say, “Thy face, Lord, will I seek”? I am afraid we are often as the...