Psalms 27:13 · KJV
“{I had fainted}, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.”
— Psalms 27:13
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Psalms 27 — Context
Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. {a plain...: Heb. a way of plainness} {mine...: Heb. those which observe me}
12Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
13{I had fainted}, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
14Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 4:16
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward {man} is renewed day by day.
Psalms 142:5
I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou {art} my refuge {and} my portion in the land of the living.
2 Corinthians 4:8-14
{We are} troubled on every side, yet not distressed; {we are} perplexed, but not in despair; {in despair: or, altogether without help, or, means}
Psalms 56:3
What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
Psalms 31:19
{Oh} how great {is} thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; {which} thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
Psalms 56:13
For thou hast delivered my soul from death: {wilt} not {thou deliver} my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
Psalms 42:5
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and {why} art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him {for} the help of his countenance. {cast: Heb. bowed} {praise: or, give thanks} {for the...: or, his presence is salvation}
Psalms 116:9-11
I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.