Psalms 27:13
I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
14Expect the Lord, do manfully, and let thy heart take courage, and wait thou for the Lord.
Cross References
Job 28:13Man knoweth not the price thereof, neither is it found in the land of them that live in delights.
Psalms 31:19Let deceitful lips be made dumb. Which speak iniquity against the just, with pride and abuse.
Psalms 52:5Thou hast loved malice more than goodness: and iniquity rather than to speak righteousness.
Psalms 56:13Because thou hast delivered my soul from death, my feet from falling: that I may please in the sight of God, in the light of the living.
Psalms 142:5The just shall correct me in mercy, and shall reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner fatten my head. For my prayer also shall still be against the things with which they are well pleased:
Isaiah 38:11I said: I shall not see the Lord God in the land of the living. I shall behold man no more, nor the inhabitant of rest.
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 →