Psalms 27:13

I believe that I shall see the goodness of LORD in the land of the living.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

In Context

12Deliver me not over to the will of my adversaries. For FALSE witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

14Wait for LORD. Be strong, and let thy heart take courage. Yea, wait thou for LORD.

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Cross References

Job 28:13Man does not know the price of it, nor is it found in the land of the living.

Psalms 31:19O how great is thy goodness, which thou have laid up for those who fear thee, which thou have wrought for those who take refuge in thee before the sons of men!

Psalms 52:5God will likewise destroy thee forever. He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

Psalms 56:13For thou have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

Psalms 142:5I cried to thee, O LORD. I said, Thou are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.

Isaiah 38:11I said, I shall not see LORD, [even] LORD in the land of the living. I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 27:8-14

Confidence in Divine Goodness. 7 Hear, O Lord , when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. 8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord , will I seek. 9 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. 10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up. 11 Teach me thy way, O Lord , and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. 12… Read the whole commentary →

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