King James Version
Psalms 27:14 in the King James Version says “Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.”
Psalms 27:14 · KJV
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Wait”
H6960to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e., collect; (figuratively) to expect
“I say on the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“be of good courage”
H2388to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restra
“and he shall strengthen”
H553to be alert, physically (on foot) or mentally (in courage)
“thine heart”
H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
“Wait”
H6960to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e., collect; (figuratively) to expect
“I say on the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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