{"id":6658,"date":"2010-08-17T12:32:51","date_gmt":"2010-08-17T12:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2010\/08\/our-common-prayerbook-27-2.html"},"modified":"2010-08-17T12:32:51","modified_gmt":"2010-08-17T12:32:51","slug":"our-common-prayerbook-27-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2010\/08\/our-common-prayerbook-27-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Our Common Prayerbook 27 – 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

The second half of Psalm 27 (read vv. 7-14 after the jump) reveals the heart of David as he seeks to control his fear and actualize his own theology of God’s strength and protection. He wanders — soulish wandering — between his beliefs and his condition:<\/p>\n

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Here’s a simple statement — a request for God to listen:<\/div>\n
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7  Hear my voice when I call, LORD;<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>be merciful to me and answer me. <\/div>\n
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Inside, this is what his heart is saying…<\/div>\n
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8 \t<\/span>My heart says of you, “Seek his face!”<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>Your face, LORD, I will seek. <\/div>\n

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Notice how he seeks to make this real in his own life. He knows God is there; he knows God is strong; but still must speak of his fear of God’s abandonment. He knows God is with him and he knows God is faithful; but, in spite of his theology, he pleads with God to stick with him.<\/div>\n

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9\t<\/span>Do not hide your face from me,<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>do not turn your servant away in anger;<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>you have been my helper.<\/div>\n
\t<\/span>Do not reject me or forsake me,<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>God my Savior.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Then a bit of wandering. First, his confidence in God is lifted (v. 10); then he pleads with God for teaching (v. 11); then he pleads for God not to turn him over to his foes:<\/div>\n
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10 \t<\/span>Though my father and mother forsake me,<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>the LORD will receive me. <\/div>\n
11 \t<\/span>Teach me your way, LORD;<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>lead me in a straight path<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>because of my oppressors. <\/div>\n
12 \t<\/span>Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes,<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>for false witnesses rise up against me,<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>spouting malicious accusations.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The psalm finishes with more expressions of confidence and advice.<\/div>\n

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Psa. 27:0   \t<\/span>Of David.<\/div>\n
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Psa. 27:1   \t<\/span>The LORD is my light and my salvation–<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>whom shall I fear?<\/div>\n
\t<\/span>The LORD is the stronghold of my life–<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>of whom shall I be afraid?<\/div>\n
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Psa. 27:2   \t<\/span>When the wicked advance against me<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>to devour me,<\/div>\n
\t<\/span>it is my enemies and my foes<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>who will stumble and fall. <\/div>\n
3 \t<\/span>Though an army besiege me,<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>my heart will not fear;<\/div>\n
\t<\/span>though war break out against me,<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>even then I will be confident.<\/div>\n
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Psa. 27:4   \t<\/span>One thing I ask from the LORD,<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>this only do I seek:<\/div>\n
\t<\/span>that I may dwell in the house of the LORD<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>all the days of my life,<\/div>\n
\t<\/span>to gaze on the beauty of the LORD<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>and to seek him in his temple. <\/div>\n
5 \t<\/span>For in the day of trouble<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>he will keep me safe in his dwelling;<\/div>\n
\t<\/span>he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>and set me high upon a rock.<\/div>\n
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Psa. 27:6   \t<\/span>Then my head will be exalted<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>above the enemies who surround me;<\/div>\n
\t<\/span>at his tabernacle I will sacrifice with shouts of joy;<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>I will sing and make music to the LORD.<\/div>\n
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Psa. 27:7   \t<\/span>Hear my voice when I call, LORD;<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>be merciful to me and answer me. <\/div>\n
8 \t<\/span>My heart says of you, “Seek his face!”<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>Your face, LORD, I will seek. <\/div>\n
9 \t<\/span>Do not hide your face from me,<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>do not turn your servant away in anger;<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>you have been my helper.<\/div>\n
\t<\/span>Do not reject me or forsake me,<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>God my Savior. <\/div>\n
10 \t<\/span>Though my father and mother forsake me,<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>the LORD will receive me. <\/div>\n
11 \t<\/span>Teach me your way, LORD;<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>lead me in a straight path<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>because of my oppressors. <\/div>\n
12 \t<\/span>Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes,<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>for false witnesses rise up against me,<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>spouting malicious accusations.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
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Psa. 27:13    \t<\/span>I remain confident of this:<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>I will see the goodness of the LORD<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>in the land of the living. <\/div>\n
14 \t<\/span>Wait for the LORD;<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>be strong and take heart<\/div>\n
\t\t<\/span>and wait for the LORD.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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