Psalms 27:13

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

Revised Version 1895

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 unto the will of mine adversaries: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

14Wait on the LORD: be strong, and let thine heart take courage; yea, wait thou on the LORD.

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Cross References

Job 28:13Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

Psalms 31:19Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, which thou hast wrought for them that put their trust in thee, before the sons of men!

Psalms 52:5God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall 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 hast delivered my soul from death: hast thou not delivered my feet from falling? that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

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

Isaiah 38:11I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the 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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