Psalms 27:13

How beautiful this verse is also, if read as the words of Jesus. Through the whole of Christ's ministry, he had an eye to the promised aid of his Father. God had said that he would strengthen him for the work, and carry him through it; and therefore Jesus is continually reminding the Father of his covenant-engagement. Psalms 89:21, etc. Psalms 22:1.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 27:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I had fainted, unless I had believed - The words “I had fainted” are supplied by the translators, but they undoubtedly express the true sense of...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

[I had fainted], unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD (h) in the land of the living. (h) In this present life before I die, as in (...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

I had fainted, unless. The Hebrew word has the extraordinary points (see App-31) in the MSS. to show that the Massorites regarded it as not having...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

13. Unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah. It is generally agreed among interpreters, that this sentence is incomplete. Some,...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I had fainted , unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. I had fainted, unless I had believed - The words in...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I had fainted, unless, &c.— The words I had fainted, are not in the Hebrew. Dr. Hammond observes, that there is a very remarkable elegance in...
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 o...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

I had fainted ] is a phrase supplied to complete the sense of the abbreviated original. The land of the living ] as opposed to Sheol, the state of...
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 th...
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,...
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....
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[I had fainted] ,.... When false witnesses rose up against him, and threatened to take away his life, and the life of his friends, in the most barba...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 27:13 [I had fainted], unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Ver. 13. I had fainted, unless I...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I had fainted These words are not in the original, but are added to complete the sense. For the speech is abrupt and imperfect, as is very usual, n...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Confidence in Divine Goodness. 7 Hear, O L ORD , when I cry with my...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I had fainted: these words are added to complete the sense; for the speech is abrupt and imperfect, as is very usual, not only in the Holy Scriptur...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Unless I had believed to see, The goodness of YHWH in the land of the living. And finally he brings out the fact that he had almost been in despair...
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....
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 27:13 The text puts before us: I. A future experience embraced or anticipated by faith. It indicates the sustaining power of such anticipa...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 27:1 . The Lord is my light and my salvation; First comes light, and then salvation. We are not saved in ignorance; the knowledge of our s...
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 w...
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 h...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

I had fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. The goodness of God in the land of the living Th...
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 poss...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

I had fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living, literally, "If I did not trust to behold the excellenc...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 4:1 ; 2 Corinthians 4:16 ; 2 Corinthians 4:8-14 ; Ephesians 2:8 ; Ezekiel 26:20 ; Isaiah 38:11 ; Isaiah 38:19 ; Jeremiah 11:19...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The living — David was thus earnestly desirous of this mercy in this life, not because he placed his portion in these things; but because the truth...

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

Related Commentaries of Psalms 27:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 27:13