Berean Standard Bible
Psalms 27:11
11Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path, because of my oppressors.
Psalms 27:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
- New International Version (NIV)Teach me your way, Lord; lead me in a straight path because of my oppressors.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Teach me your way, O Lord, and lead me on a level path because of my enemies.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Teach me Your way, O Lord, And lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies.
Context of Psalms 27:11
9Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation. 10Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me. Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path, because of my oppressors. 12Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence. 13Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
Read all of Psalms 27Psalms 27:11 word by word
ה֤וֹרֵ֥נִי יְהוָ֗ה דַּ֫רְכֶּ֥ךָ וּ֭נְחֵנִי בְּאֹ֣רַח מִישׁ֑וֹר לְ֝מַ֗עַן שׁוֹרְרָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 27:11
- Psalms 25:4Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths.
- Psalms 86:11Teach me Your way, O LORD, that I may walk in Your truth. Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name.
- Psalms 119:10With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.
- Psalms 143:8Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.
- Proverbs 2:6For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
- Isaiah 30:20The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.
- Psalms 26:12My feet stand on level ground; in the congregations I will bless the LORD.
- Proverbs 8:9They are all plain to the discerning, and upright to those who find knowledge.
- Proverbs 15:19The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
- Isaiah 35:8And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not stray onto it.
- Luke 3:4as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.
- Psalms 5:8Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.
- Psalms 54:5He will reward my enemies with evil. In Your faithfulness, destroy them.
- Psalms 56:5All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.
- Psalms 64:6They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.
- Jeremiah 20:10For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”
Commentaries on Psalms 27:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Teach me thy way - Let me know the gracious designs of thy providence towards me, that my heart may submit to thy will. And lead me in a plain path - In the path of righteousness, because of mine enemies, who watch for my halting.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Teach me thy way, O Lord - See the notes at Psalm 25:4-5. And lead me in a plain path - Margin, “a way of plainness.” That is, a straight or smooth path. In other words, he prayed that he might be enabled to act wisely and right; he desired that God would teach him what he should do. Because of mine enemies - Margin, “those which observe me.” The translation in the text expresses the true sense. The word which is used is derived from a verb that signifies…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-14Verses 7-14 Wherever the believer is, he can find a way to the throne of grace by prayer. God calls us by his Spirit, by his word, by his worship, and by special providences, merciful and afflicting. When we are foolishly making court to lying vanities, God is, in love to us, calling us to seek our own mercies in him. The call is general, "Seek ye my face;" but we must apply it to ourselves, "I will seek it." The word does us no good, when we do not…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-12The psalmist asks for the Lord's mercy, presence, and guidance. For the psalmist, God is the greatest good, while enemies and other situations are less important.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. thy way--of providence. a plain path--(Psa 26:12). enemies--literally, "watchers for my fall" (Psa 5:8).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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