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13I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

Psalms 27:13 —

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • Psalms 142:5

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

  • 2 Corinthians 4:16

    For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:8-14

    We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; …

  • Psalms 56:3

    What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

  • Psalms 31:19

    Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 7-14)

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. He humbly bespeaks, because he firmly believes he shall have, a gracious audience: “ Hear, O Lord, when I cry , not only with my heart, but, as one in earnest, with my voice too .” He bespeaks als…

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