Psalm 27

Psalm 27 recited in Hebrew (Ogg Vorbis audio file, length: 2 min 54 s, 66 kbps)

Words from Psalm 27 verse 1 as Oxford University's motto (Latin)

Psalm 27 verse 1 on a modern poster

Psalm 27 verse 3 on a poster

The 27th psalm (according to Greek counting the 26th) is a psalm of David .

structure

The psalm can be divided into two parts:

• Verses 1-6 express an attitude of trust in the face of hardship and persecution;
• Verses 7-14 turn to God with requests for salvation and salvation.

It is believed by some scholars that verses 1-6 and 7-14 were originally two separate psalms.

Dating

The content shows that the author was persecuted by enemies ( Ps 27.2–3  EU ), was excluded from the house of the Lord ( Ps 27.4  EU ), was about to part from father and mother ( Ps 27.10  EU ), and suffered from slander ( Ps 27.12  EU ).

These references are particularly suitable for the period of David’s life when he fled from King Saul to the Haret forest (cf. 1 Sam 21  EU and 1 Sam 22 : 1-5  EU , see also Doeg ).

Web links

Commons : Psalm 27  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Psalm 27 in the standard translation , the Luther Bible and other translations from bibleserver.com
• Psalm 27 in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) on bibelwissenschaft.de
• Sheet music in the public domain for settings of Psalm 27 in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cf. Nicolaas Herman Ridderbos: Die Psalmen: Stylistic procedures and structure with special consideration of Psalm 1-41 , Berlin 1972, p. 211.