Wait on the Lord, O my soul; to which he now turneth his speech; as he frequently doth in this book. He shall strengthen thine heart; he will uphold thee, and keep thee from fainting and sinking under thy burdens.
Verse Psalms 27:14. _WAIT ON THE LORD_] All ye who are in distress, _wait on_ _the Lord_. Take me for an example. I waited on him, and _he_ _strengthened my heart_; wait ye on him, and he _will stren...
WAIT ON THE LORD - This is the sum of all the instruction in the psalm; the main lesson which the psalm is designed to convey. The object is to induce others, from the experience of the psalmist, to t...
Psalms 27 Holy Longings and Anticipations _ 1. Confidence in the Lord (Psalms 27:1)_ 2. Longings and anticipations (Psalms 27:4) 3. Earnest prayer in trial and trust in the Lord ...
XXVII. Many scholars hold that we have here two Pss., and not without reason. Psalms 27:1 is the expression of childlike trust under favourable circumstances: in Psalms 27:7 the poet is in grievous af...
WAIT. Figure of speech _Apostrophe._ App-6....
The tone of the Psalm changes abruptly to plaintive and anxious supplication. God seems to be on the point of hiding His face....
The Psalmist addresses himself, and encourages himself to patience. His faith rebukes his faintness. _Be of good courage_ R.V., Be strong, and let thine heart take courage. Cp. Psalms 31:24; Deuterono...
WAIT ON THE LORD— The Psalmist here admonishes any person who shall fall into such straits as his, to learn by his example not to be impatient, or to despond, much less despair of relief, if God do no...
PSALMS 27 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Trust and Prayer in the Hour of Danger. ANALYSIS Part I., Two pentameter hexastichs: Stanza I., Psalms 27:1-3, That which Jehovah Is Now he Has Been in the Past, and Wil...
_I HAD FAINTED, UNLESS I HAD BELIEVED TO SEE THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING._ Conclusion-summing up the psalm. The goodness of the Lord is the antidote to fear amidst troubles; onl...
27:14 courage. (c-11) Or 'he will strengthen thy heart.'...
This Ps. falls naturally into two parts, Psalms 27:1 and Psalms 27:7, which are in such marked contrast as to make it probable that here, as in Psalms 19, two independent poems have been combined. The...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
HE SHALL STRENGTHEN. — Better, _let thy heart be strong._ WAIT... — Heb., _wait for Jehovah, and wait for Jehovah._...
קַוֵּ֗ה אֶל ־יְה֫וָ֥ה חֲ֭זַק וְ יַאֲמֵ֣ץ לִבּ
Psalms 27:1 THE hypothesis that two originally distinct psalms or fragments are here blended has much in its favour. The rhythm and style of the latter half (Psalms 27:7) are strikingly unlike those o...
THE SONG OF FEARLESS TRUST IN GOD Psalms 27:1 This psalm probably dates from the time when the exiled king, surrounded by unscrupulous foes, looked from his hiding-place beyond the Jordan to the Holy...
The real significance of this psalm is that of the experience of worship. It is somewhat strange that the remarkable contrast between the first (vv. Psa 27:1-6) and second (vv. Psa 27:7-14) parts has...
(i) Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. (i) He exhorts himself to depend on the Lord seeing he never failed in his promises....
PSALM XXVII. (AD TE DOMINE CLAMABO.) David's prayer that his enemies may not prevail over him....
Nothing can be more blessed than viewing Christ in the promises, and pleading for the fulfillment and accomplishment of them, in and for him. Isaiah 40:31 REFLECTIONS READER, how beautiful is that sc...
14._Wait thou on Jehovah. _It may be doubted whether David, having in the preceding verses spoken of himself, here addresses his discourse to others, and exhorts them by his own example to fortitude a...
In Psalms 27 we have two distinct parts, and, I apprehend, then in the last two Verses (Psa 27:21-22) the result for the mind of the saint as taught of God. The first part, Verses 1-6 (Psalms 27:1-6),...
WAIT ON THE LORD,.... This, with what follows, is spoken by the psalmist either to himself or to others, or it may be to both, upon the rich experience he declares in Psalms 27:13: it becomes believer...
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. Ver. 14. _Wait on the Lord_] _Expecta, expecta._ See how earnest good David is with himself and ot...
_Wait on the Lord_ O my soul, to which some think he now turns his speech: or rather, O reader, whosoever thou art, wait on God by faith and prayer, and in an humble resignation to his will. Hebrew, י...
THE BELIEVER'S TRUST IN GOD AND HIS WORD. A psalm of David, written probably about the same time as the preceding one, picturing the state of mind of one who is persecuted 'Without cause and longs fo...
Wait on the Lord, firmly trusting in the revelation of His mercy; BE OF GOOD COURAGE, strong of heart, AND HE SHALL STRENGTHEN THINE HEART, rather, let thy heart show itself mighty. WAIT, I SAY, ON TH...
7-14 Wherever the believer is, he can find a way to the throne of grace by prayer. God calls us by his Spirit, by his word, by his worship, and by special providences, merciful and afflicting. When w...
Psalms 27:14 Wait H6960 (H8761) LORD H3068 courage H2388 (H8798) strengthen H553 (H8686) heart H3820 Wait...
Wait for YHWH, be strong, And let you heart take courage. Yes, wait you for YHWH. Like the first section, the second section ends with a repetition, but this time it is a repetition of the need to w...
Psalms 27:14 I. How we are to wait on God. (1) We are to wait on God in His ordinances. (2) We are to wait on God in His ordinances with faith and perseverance. II. They that wait on the Lord shall...
Very much of the language of David used here, I trust, we can make our own. May the Spirit of God lead us to understand, by experience, what he has written. Psalms 27:1. _The LORD is my light and my...
CONTENTS: David glories in Jehovah's name and expresses triumphant faith. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: God is the believer's light and strength by whom and in whom he lives. We should therefo...
REFLECTIONS. This Psalm professes to have been written in mature age, and after David's head was lifted up above his enemies. The Lord was become his light and salvation; whom in future was he to fear...
_Wait on the Lord, be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart; wait, I say, on the Lord._ THE CHRISTIAN’S STRENGTH The Church of God has often been in a low, languishing, and, to all hum...
_Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice._ A PRAYER OF DESIRE AND DEPENDENCE David here expresses-- I. his desire towards God. If he cannot now go up to the house of the Lord, yet, wherever he is, h...
_The Lord is my light and my salvation._ IMPLICIT TRUST This psalm was written by a man who was at the moment far down in the depths of spiritual conflict, and yet was holding a steady front against...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 27:1. In singing Psalms 27:1, God’s people have a way to express confidence in him and to respond to challenging life situations. The psalm de
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 27:14 To WAIT FOR THE LORD is to look to him with dependence and trust, not passivity. This enables one to BE STRONG and courageous (see...
INTRODUCTION This psalm has been referred by some to the period of David’s waiting for the kingdom; by others, to the time of Absalom’s rebellion. _Hengstenberg_ says: “All attempts to find out any oc...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm is one of those which have been called "composite"; and certainly it falls into two parts which offer the strongest possible contrast the one to the other. Part 1. (Psalms 27:1)...
1 Corinthians 16:13; 2 Corinthians 12:10; 2 Corinthians 12:9; 2 Timothy 4:5;...