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Psalms 27:11 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. "
Psalms 27:11
Verse in Context
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Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.
Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
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Psalms 27:1
"- Of David. - The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?"
Psalms 27:1
"[[A Psalm of David.]] The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?"
Psalms 27:2
"When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell."
Psalms 27:3
"Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident."
Psalms 27:4
"One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple."
Psalms 27:5
"For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock."
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