Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
Psalm 27:7 stands in the first book of the one hundred and fifty Psalms, bearing the title A Psalm of David, and was written by David, the greatest of the sweet singers of Israel. Like the other Psalms it is Hebrew poetry without rhyme or appreciable rhythm, elegant and elevated in style and often sublime. It was given as a song set to music among the praises that served as the hymn book of the Jews arranged for use in the temple service.
It reflects David's experiences keeping his flock, fleeing from Saul whom he spared, being surrounded by treacherous foes, and being marvelously delivered in victory. The verse itself is a cry of prayer for mercy and for an answer that expresses deep need for God. It belongs to a movement from need to triumph and confidence in Him, beginning by expressing a deep need for God and ending in triumph and confidence in Him.
It expresses mistrust of human strength and exaltation of God's power, confidence in His might and goodness, and assurance of the ultimate overthrow of all wickedness and the triumph of all good. It thereby teaches trust and confidence in God. It also reveals something of the experience of Christ as great David's greater Son.
As part of a book of inspired prayers and praises it is instructive, devout, helpful, elevating, and worshipful. It is an outpouring of lamentation and prayer in prophetic language that mirrors the faith, love, and hope of the true Israelite and expresses the heart's emotion under the vicissitudes of life. It teaches people to commune with God and can be made one's own in devotion as a means of speaking to God in words God Himself inspired. It meets great needs in every condition of life for universal praise among all nations in all places and ages.
Psalm 27:7 stands in the first book of the one hundred and fifty Psalms, bearing the title A Psalm of David, and was written by David, the greatest of the sweet singers of Israel. Like the other Psalms it is Hebrew poetry without rhyme or appreciable rhythm, elegant and elevated in style and often sublime. It was given as a song set to music among the praises that served as the hymn book of the Jews arranged for use in the temple service.
It reflects David's experiences keeping his flock, fleeing from Saul whom he spared, being surrounded by treacherous foes, and being marvelously delivered in victory. The verse itself is a cry of prayer for mercy and for an answer that expresses deep need for God. It belongs to a movement from need to triumph and confidence in Him, beginning by expressing a deep need for God and ending in triumph and confidence in Him.
It expresses mistrust of human strength and exaltation of God's power, confidence in His might and goodness, and assurance of the ultimate overthrow of all wickedness and the triumph of all good. It thereby teaches trust and confidence in God. It also reveals something of the experience of Christ as great David's greater Son.
As part of a book of inspired prayers and praises it is instructive, devout, helpful, elevating, and worshipful. It is an outpouring of lamentation and prayer in prophetic language that mirrors the faith, love, and hope of the true Israelite and expresses the heart's emotion under the vicissitudes of life. It teaches people to commune with God and can be made one's own in devotion as a means of speaking to God in words God Himself inspired. It meets great needs in every condition of life for universal praise among all nations in all places and ages.