Psalms 27:13

Unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah in the land of the living !

Darby Translation

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 mine adversaries; for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out violence.

14Wait for Jehovah; be strong and let thy heart take courage: yea, wait for Jehovah.

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Cross References

Job 28:13Man knoweth not the value thereof; and it is not found in the land of the living.

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 52:5God shall likewise destroy thee for ever; he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of [thy] tent, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

Psalms 56:13For thou hast delivered my soul from death; [wilt thou] not [keep] my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

Psalms 142:5I cried unto thee, Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.

Isaiah 38:11I said, I shall not see Jah, Jah in the land of the living. With those who dwell where all has ceased to be, I shall behold man no more.

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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