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Psalm 27:14 KJV
Psalms · chapter 27 · verse 14
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.Psalm 27:14 · King James Version
What Psalm 27:14 means
Wait, I say — David repeats himself because waiting is the part people quit. Courage is commanded in the middle of it, which tells you waiting takes nerve rather than patience. The strengthening comes during the wait, not after it.
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Psalm 27:14 in context
12Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
13I 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.
Commentary
Cross references
- Isaiah 40:31
- Psalms 31:24
- Isaiah 30:18
- Psalms 37:34
- Psalms 130:5
- Philippians 4:13
- Habakkuk 2:3
- Ephesians 6:10
Key words (Strong's)
- strengthenʼâmatsto be alert, physically or mentallyH553 →
- couragechâzaqto fasten uponH2388 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
- Waitqâvâhto bind togetherH6960 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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David in these verses expresses, I. His desire towards God, in many petitions. If he cannot now go up to the house of the Lord, yet, wherever he is, he can find a way to the throne of grace by prayer. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-14