7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
7 Hear, H8085 O LORD, H3068 when I cry H7121 with my voice: H6963 have mercy H2603 also upon me, and answer H6030 me.
7 Hear, O Jehovah, when I cry with my voice: Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
7 Hear, O Jehovah, my voice -- I call, And favour me, and answer me.
7 Hear, Jehovah; with my voice do I call; be gracious unto me, and answer me.
7 Hear, Yahweh, when I cry with my voice. Have mercy also on me, and answer me.
7 O Lord, let the voice of my cry come to your ears: have mercy on me, and give me an answer.
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
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Commentary on Psalms 27 Matthew Henry Commentary
Psalm 27
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 Sa. 21:16, 17) and his people thereupon resolved he should never venture his life again in battle, lest he should quench the light of Israel. Perhaps it was not penned upon any particular occasion; but it is very expressive of the pious and devout affections with which gracious souls are carried out towards God at all times, especially in times of trouble. Here is,
And let our hearts be thus affected in singing this psalm.
A psalm of David.
Psa 27:1-6
We may observe here,
Psa 27:7-14
David in these verses expresses,