King James Version
What Does Psalms 27:14 Mean?
“Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.”
Context
12
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
13
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
14
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(14) **He shall strengthen.**—Better, *let thy heart be strong.*
**Wait . . .**—Heb., *wait for Jehovah, and wait for Jehovah.*
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
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Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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