Psalms 27:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. ”

Psalms 27:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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,...
Psalms 27:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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.
Psalms 27:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XXVII. Many scholars hold that we have here two Pss., and not without reason. Psalms 27:1-6 is the expression of childlike trust under favourable circumstances: in Psalms 27:7-14 the poet is in...
Psalms 27:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Wait. Figure of speech Apostrophe. App-6.
Psalms 27:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 fo...
Psalms 27:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. Wait on the Lord - All ye who are in distress, wait on the Lord. Take me for an example. I waited...
Psalms 27:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Psalms 27:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 27:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This Ps. falls naturally into two parts, Psalms 27:1-6 and Psalms 27:7-14 , which are in such marked contrast as to make it probable that here, as in Psalms 19 , two independent poems have been c...
Psalms 27:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He shall strengthen. — Better, let thy heart be strong. Wait... — Heb., wait for Jehovah, and wait for Jehovah.
Psalms 27:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 27:1-14 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 27:7-14 ) are strikingly un...
Psalms 27:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Song of Fearless Trust in God Psalms 27:1-14 This psalm probably dates from the time when the exiled king, surrounded by unscrupulous foes, looked from his hiding-place beyond the Jordan to...
Psalms 27:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 27:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 tha...
Psalms 27:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 bel...
Psalms 27:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Psalms 27:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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,...
Psalms 27:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Confidence in Divine Goodness. 7 Hear, O L ORD , when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. ...
Psalms 27:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Psalms 27:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 27:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Psalms 27:14 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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 sha...
Psalms 27:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Psalms 27:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 f...
Psalms 27:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 agai...
Psalms 27:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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. ( Psal...
Psalms 27:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Psalms 27:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 16:13 ; 2 Corinthians 12:10 ; 2 Corinthians 12:9 ; 2 Timothy 4:5-8 ; Acts 28:15 ; Colossians 1:11 ; Ephesians 3:16 ; Ephesians 6:10 ; Genesis 49:18 ; Habakkuk 2:3 ; Isaiah 25...

Psalms 27:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 27:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 27:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 27:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 27:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 27:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 27:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 27:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 27:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 27:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 27:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 27:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 27:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 27:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 27:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 27:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 27:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 27:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 27:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 27:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 27:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 27:14 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 27:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 27:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 27:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 27:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 27:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 27:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge