Psalm 30 A Psalm. A Song At the Dedication of the House of David.

¹I will extol You, O Lord, for You have lifted me up,

And have not let my foes rejoice over me.

²O Lord my God, I cried out to You,

And You healed me.

³O Lord, You brought my soul up from the grave;

You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

⁴Sing praise to the Lord, you saints of His,

And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.

⁵For His anger is but for a moment,

His favor is for life;

Weeping may endure for a night,

But joy comes in the morning.

⁶Now in my prosperity I said,

“I shall never be moved.”

⁷Lord, by Your favor You have made my mountain stand strong;

You hid Your face, and I was troubled.

⁸I cried out to You, O Lord;

And to the Lord I made supplication:

⁹“What profit is there in my blood,

When I go down to the pit?

Will the dust praise You?

Will it declare Your truth?

¹⁰Hear, O Lord, and have mercy on me;

Lord, be my helper!”

¹¹You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;

You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,

¹²To the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent.

O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.

Preamble: David in realizing that the Lord has firmly established him as king over all of Israel now recites this psalm, which is a psalm loaded with truths about how God deals with us, His people.

Commentary

Vs. 1 “I will extol You, O Lord, for You have lifted me up,

And have not let my foes rejoice over me.”

In opening this psalm David begins with a resounding declaration of thanksgiving and joy in the Lord, for after years of being hounded and harassed, He has now lifted him up, He has raised him high above all of his adversaries, high above and safe from all who wanted and plotted to see his downfall are now forced to see his exaltation, and this by the hand of God! Therefore, instead of seeing their will being done, they are now forced to see and be subjugated to God’s Will being done, who by His Supreme and Sovereign hand has established His servant, David. Verse one then foretells the final victory of all of God’s people from all of His enemies that He will accomplish for us all in His perfect time and way!

Vs. 2 “O Lord my God, I cried out to You,

And You healed me.”

Now not only did the Lord God exalt David but He also healed him. Therefore, in crying out to the Lord David experienced not only deliverance, but also healing from the Lord, and in this there is first and foremost our own deliverance from sin and death, and thus the restoration of our souls. 

Vs. 3 “O Lord, You brought my soul up from the grave;

You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.”

In declaring his own deliverance and restoration, by God's grace and mercy, David reveals a great truth about ours. For it is the Lord Jesus Christ who also brings our souls up from the grave figuratively; that is by His Holy Spirit, He restores us to life with God Himself. For the Lord Jesus Christ having suffered our sins punishment and by His own death on the Cross, He can now keep each and every one of us who believe in Him from eternal damnation, from going down to the pit, which is a designation for hell. Again, by His Resurrection life He now brings our souls up from the grave figuratively, that is by His Holy Spirit He brings our souls out of a state of spiritual deadness to being spiritually alive with Himself, so that he can keep us alive with Himself! And this is what the Gospel gives freely to everyone who believes in Him, remission of all of your sins and new and everlasting life with Himself (John 3:16). 

 Vs. 4 “Sing praise to the Lord, you saints of His,

And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.”

Yes, let us all praise the Lord because of what He has done for us in forgiving us, and cleansing us, and bringing us to life, by His Holy Spirit, and thus making us God’s saints (i.e., God's people, 1 Peter 2:9). Therefore, let us always give thanks at the remembrance of His Holy Name, the Lord Jesus Christ’s Name, which is the Name above all Names, for He has accomplished salvation for us all who believe in Him. “For there is no other name under heaven given amongst men by which we must be saved.” ^{Acts 4:12}

Vs. 5 “For His anger is but for a moment,

His favor is for life;

Weeping may endure for a night,

But joy comes in the morning.”

How profound then is the love of God that does not abandon us, nor does He leave us unchastised. Instead, His anger is but for a moment; so that He might always do justly, and that we might always see our own need for Him. Therefore, His favor is for life, (for God doesn't afflict willingly, indeed He only does so to bring us out of our sins and transgressions and bring us back to Himself). Therefore, though weeping may endure for a night (a night season when we are seemingly without Him), nonetheless joy comes in the morning, (when we are restored to Him, and are now firmly established with Him). This verse then is one that every believer should carry close to their hearts.

Vs. 6-7 ⁶Now in my prosperity I said,

“I shall never be moved.”

⁷Lord, by Your favor You have made my mountain stand strong;

You hid Your face, and I was troubled.

David now recalls how he said while in his prosperity, “I shall never be moved.” Which is an easy place to see oneself in when all is going well and prospering. Indeed, David acknowledges it was the Lord Himself who by His favor made David\s mountain stand strong (which might be inferred as his person and or his reign). Nonetheless when the Lord hid His face from him, troubles soon came to him. And so, it is with any individual or nation.

Vs. 8-10 ⁸I cried out to You, O Lord;

And to the Lord I made supplication:

⁹“What profit is there in my blood,

When I go down to the pit?

Will the dust praise You?

Will it declare Your truth?

¹⁰Hear, O Lord, and have mercy on me;

Lord, be my helper!”

Now when this occurred to him, David turned himself to the Lord, he vehemently cried out to him and made his supplications to Him. Therefore, he didn’t harden his heart against Him when troubles came to Him, just as they will surely come to us all who believes in Him. For nowhere in the Bible is anyone promised a life free from illness, or troubles, or misfortune, or mistreatment etc., even the blameless Job found that out. Now in making his supplications to the Lord, David’s appeal was simply how would his demise profit the Lord? For “Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your truth?” (vs. 9). David’s affliction then must have been pretty severe to pray such things, and yet it is the Lord alone whom he seeks, whom He trusts saying, “Hear, O Lord, and have mercy on me; Lord, be my helper!” (Vs. 10) And so even though the Lord allowed this affliction, David did not seek anyone before he first sought Him. Something for us all to remember when our own afflictions arise, to seek the Lord first; especially when we are given that dreaded diagnose. Let us all then make our prayers and supplications to Him, for this will sustain you through the many dark days that may lie ahead of you (consider Isaiah 38:1-20).

Vs. 11-12 ¹¹You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;

You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,

¹²To the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent.

O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.

From mourning to dancing such then is the sojourn of every believer (vs. 5). And so, David now rejoices that God Himself has taken away his sorrow, that He has removed his sackcloth of mourning and now clothed him with gladness (consider Rev. 7:17; 21:4). For God has no joy in our sorrow (only the world does) therefore when He heals and restores us it is so that we may sing His praises and not be silent. Looking back then we can now see how God always works all things together for our good, for us all who love Him, who are called by Him. Therefore, “O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.”

Scripture Quotations

New King James (1982): Thomas Nelson. 

Psalm 29 A Psalm of David

 ¹Give unto the Lord, O you mighty ones,

Give unto the Lord glory and strength.

²Give unto the Lord the glory due to His name;

Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

³The voice of the Lord is over the waters;

The God of glory thunders;

The Lord is over many waters.

⁴The voice of the Lord is powerful;

The voice of the Lord is full of majesty.

⁵The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars,

Yes, the Lord splinters the cedars of Lebanon.

⁶He makes them also skip like a calf,

Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild ox.

⁷The voice of the Lord divides the flames of fire.

⁸The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;

The Lord shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.

⁹The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth,

And strips the forests bare;

And in His temple everyone says, “Glory!”

¹⁰The Lord sat enthroned at the Flood,

And the Lord sits as King forever.

¹¹The Lord will give strength to His people;

The Lord will bless His people with peace.

Commentary

Vs. 1-2 ¹Give unto the Lord, O you mighty ones,

Give unto the Lord glory and strength.

²Give unto the Lord the glory due to His name;

Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

 This psalm opens with a call to worship, but more than worship, it is a call to us all to magnify and glorify the Lord! For He alone is Glorious, and He alone is Strong, for only His Glory and His Strength remains forever, all others “glory” and “strength” is soon enough returned to the dust. Therefore, “Give unto the Lord, O you mighty ones, Give unto the Lord glory and strength.” All you mighty ones who are exalted in the heavens, and all you mighty ones down here on earth, for everyone and everything that is exalted and revered to give unto the Lord glory and strength (Psalm 2:10-12; 148:7-12). For He alone is Glorious, and He alone is Strong, and only His Glory and Strength remains forever. Therefore, give unto the Lord the glory due His Name, for it is by His Name, and His Name alone that we are saved by Him (Acts 4:12). Let us all then whom He has created, and whom He has redeemed, worship the Lord alone in the beauty of holiness!

Vs. 3-9 ³The voice of the Lord is over the waters;

The God of glory thunders;

The Lord is over many waters.

⁴The voice of the Lord is powerful;

The voice of the Lord is full of majesty.

⁵The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars,

Yes, the Lord splinters the cedars of Lebanon.

⁶He makes them also skip like a calf,

Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild ox.

⁷The voice of the Lord divides the flames of fire.

⁸The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;

The Lord shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.

⁹The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth,

And strips the forests bare;

And in His temple everyone says, “Glory!”

 Having exalted the Person of the Lord, now the voice of the Lord seven times (a perfect number) is declared to us. For the Lord is never silent, His voice can be heard in all of His Works in creation. And here we told of it in power of the storm, where the voice of the Lord is heard over the waters, where the God of glory thunders. For the Lord is over many waters, and never just in our immediate vicinity (vs. 3). “The voice of the Lord is powerful; The voice of the Lord is full of majesty” (vs. 4). It can be heard in thunder, and it can be heard in the wind. Therefore, by it He strikes fear and reverence into all the hearts of the sons of men. Now the voice of the Lord is not only heard, but it is also seen in power, for it is the voice of the Lord that breaks the cedars, Yes, the Lord splinters the cedars of Lebanon. The largest ancient trees of the middle east, for He makes them skip like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild ox (vs. 6). Therefore, they all bend and sway and move as He will have them do, at His Voice, at His Command! The voice of the Lord divides the flames of fire (vs. 7), He parts them or imparts them as He wills. Which is reference to His splitting the lightening bolts.

“The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;

The Lord shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.” (vs. 8)

From the oceans to the coastlands, to now the inland wildernesses, the voice of Lord moves uninhibited mightily across the land, even to the remotest uninhabited places in the wilderness where His Voice shakes them!

“The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth,

And strips the forests bare;

And in His temple everyone says, “Glory!” (Vs. 9)

 Because of the power of the voice of the Lord even the deer in the forest fears and is suddenly caused to give birth. Indeed, the voice of the Lord strips the forests bare, leaving what was once large and majestic and mighty now looking striped, gaunt and pathetic. Therefore, in recalling the voice of the Lord everyone in His temple says, “Glory!”

Vs. 10 “The Lord sat enthroned at the Flood,

And the Lord sits as King forever.”

In recalling the mighty voice of the Lord then let us never forget that Lord sat enthroned at the flood, He was exalted above all creation. For the Lord sits as King forever.

Vs. 11 “The Lord will give strength to His people;

The Lord will bless His people with peace.”

Since the Lord sits as King forever, He will give strength to His people, He will bless us with peace! We need not then fear the natural elements which He directs, nor any of those of this world, the “mighty ones” whom He also watches over. For He raises up one and brings down another according to His own Will (Job 12:21; Psalm 107:40; Isaiah 34:12; 40:23).

Scripture Quotations

New King James (1982): Thomas Nelson. 

Psalm 28 A Psalm of David

 ¹To You I will cry, O Lord my Rock: Do not be silent to me,

Lest, if You are silent to me,

I become like those who go down to the pit.

²Hear the voice of my supplications

When I cry to You,

When I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.

³Do not take me away with the wicked

And with the workers of iniquity,

Who speak peace to their neighbors,

But evil is in their hearts.

⁴Give them according to their deeds,

And according to the wickedness of their endeavors;

Give them according to the work of their hands;

Render to them what they deserve.

⁵Because they do not regard the works of the Lord,

Nor the operation of His hands,

He shall destroy them

And not build them up.

⁶Blessed be the Lord,

Because He has heard the voice of my supplications!

⁷The Lord is my strength and my shield;

My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped;

Therefore my heart greatly rejoices,

And with my song I will praise Him.

⁸The Lord is their strength,

And He is the saving refuge of His anointed.

⁹Save Your people,

And bless Your inheritance;

Shepherd them also,

And bear them up forever.

Commentary

Vs. 1-2 ¹To You I will cry, O Lord my Rock: Do not be silent to me,

Lest, if You are silent to me,

I become like those who go down to the pit.

²Hear the voice of my supplications

When I cry to You,

When I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.

This psalm is a plea for help, and it begins by crying out to the Lord and confessing Him as our Lord and Rock upon whom we stand firm and look to stand strong against the waves and floods of ungodliness and wickedness yes, but also our own formidable troubles and fears. Therefore, the cry goes out to God to hear us, to not be silent to us, lest we be like those who go down to the pit; a reference to all the wicked who never knew God or wanted to know Him. Instead, here there is a heartfelt plea for God to hear our cries, to judge our case and cause, to not be silent to us, to not give us over to Judgment, because our prayers and supplications are being done in seeking and reverent faith, symbolized here by the lifting of our hands towards His Holy Sanctuary, which is in heaven.

Vs. 3 “Do not take me away with the wicked

And with the workers of iniquity,

Who speak peace to their neighbors,

But evil is in their hearts.”

Do not then take me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity, people who feign friendship with a cunning smile, who speak peace to their neighbors, while evil (evil plots) are in their hearts against us.

Vs. 4 “Give them according to their deeds,

And according to the wickedness of their endeavors;

Give them according to the work of their hands;

Render to them what they deserve.”

Therefore, Lord give them all that they deserve, repay all of their deeds, repay them all according to the wickedness of their endeavors, give them according to the work of their hands, render to them what they deserve. For there is neither fear of God, nor any faith in God in them, therefore they do whatever they want without any regard for You. 

Vs. 5 “Because they do not regard the works of the Lord,

Nor the operation of His hands,

He shall destroy them

And not build them up.”

In making our prayers and supplications to God, in confessing our faith and trust in Him, we now have a strong sense that God’s Person, His Eternal Truth and Justice always prevails, for the Lord will always do justly, He never fails, He will deal with them all, and because they do not regard the works of the Lord, nor do they consider the operation of His hands. Therefore, He shall destroy them and not build them up. Their end shall then be fully accomplished and completed by Him (Psalm 11:5-7).

Vs. 6-7 ⁶Blessed be the Lord,

Because He has heard the voice of my supplications!

⁷The Lord is my strength and my shield;

My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped;

Therefore my heart greatly rejoices,

And with my song I will praise Him.

From the lows of despair, but now rising to the heights of jubilation, such then is one’s turn-around and confidence when we commit all of our fears and troubles to the Lord. For it is then that He will do His work! And that is what you are seeing here a man whose hope and trust is in the Lord, who knowing the Lord’s goodness towards all who trust in Him cannot now contain his joy in Him! For again the Lord is our strength and shield, He is the One who enables and protects us to do whatever we are called to do each day, thus as we experience that we should always acknowledge His good works in our lives, for as we trust Him (not test Him) we are helped by Him.

“Therefore my heart greatly rejoices,

And with my song I will praise Him.”

 Vs. 8-9 ⁸The Lord is their strength,

And He is the saving refuge of His anointed.

⁹Save Your people,

And bless Your inheritance;

Shepherd them also,

And bear them up forever.

Now this is what is so beautiful about the Psalms, though they are always brought to us through one man, they are never exclusively about him, (and here I’m not including prophecies about Christ), for the Words and Works of God declared in the Psalms are given for us all who believe in Him. And that is why he now says that the Lord is their strength, that He is the saving refuge of His anointed (vs. 8), for the Lord’s provisions and protections are not just for David as king, rather all of us who believe in Him and belong to Him, who then have His Holy Spirit dwelling inside of us, thus making us the anointed of God as well, have access to all of God’s Promises with himself. Therefore, as every true and Godly leader does his prayer and concern is not just for himself, but rather here he is first and foremost concerned about all of God’s people, that the Lord save us and that He bless us, for we are His inheritance given to Him by God the Father. Therefore, David’s prayer is that He Shepherd us, for Jesus Christ alone is our Lord and Savior and here our Shepherd who alone can and will bear us up forever (John 10:1-16)!

Scripture Quotations

New King James (1982): Thomas Nelson. 

Psalm 27 A Psalm of David

 ¹The Lord is my light and my salvation;

Whom shall I fear?

The Lord is the strength of my life;

Of whom shall I be afraid?

²When the wicked came against me

To eat up my flesh,

My enemies and foes,

They stumbled and fell.

³Though an army may encamp against me,

My heart shall not fear;

Though war may rise against me,

In this I will be confident.

⁴One thing I have desired of the Lord,

That will I seek:

That I may dwell in the house of the Lord

All the days of my life,

To behold the beauty of the Lord,

And to inquire in His temple.

⁵For in the time of trouble

He shall hide me in His pavilion;

In the secret place of His tabernacle

He shall hide me;

He shall set me high upon a rock.

⁶And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me;

Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle;

I will sing, yes,

I will sing praises to the Lord.

⁷Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice!

Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

⁸When You said, “Seek My face,”

My heart said to You,

“Your face, Lord, I will seek.”

⁹Do not hide Your face from me;

Do not turn Your servant away in anger;

You have been my help;

Do not leave me nor forsake me,

O God of my salvation.

¹⁰When my father and my mother forsake me,

Then the Lord will take care of me.

¹¹Teach me Your way, O Lord,

And lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies.

¹²Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries;

For false witnesses have risen against me,

And such as breathe out violence.

¹³I would have lost heart, unless I had believed

That I would see the goodness of the Lord

In the land of the living.

¹⁴Wait on the Lord;

Be of good courage,

And He shall strengthen your heart;

Wait, I say, on the Lord!

 

Commentary

Vs. 1 “The Lord is my light and my salvation;

Whom shall I fear?

The Lord is the strength of my life;

Of whom shall I be afraid?”

Psalm 27 is a psalm of complete confidence in the Lord. It begins with a strong declaration of trust in the Lord. For it is the Lord who is our light; He is the One who leads us out of and keeps us out of all darkness (John 8:12), for He is our salvation (Ps. 118:14; Acts 4:12). Therefore, He is the One, the only One who is our strength and our song, for He is the One who not only watches over us, but He also strengthens us in all of our battles. Therefore, as David himself found out and now asserts we can all also say, whom shall we fear, of whom shall I be afraid? For our Lord God and Savior is Greater than all, and having accomplished salvation for us, Jesus Christ is now seated Victoriously at the right hand of God where He is the Sovereign over all. Therefore, there is nothing in heaven or on earth that can separate us from the Love of God, there is nothing that can take us away from Him for He is Sovereign and Supreme (John 10:27-30; Rom. 8:38-39).

Vs. 2 “When the wicked came against me

To eat up my flesh,

My enemies and foes,

They stumbled and fell.”

In boldly asserting his confidence in our Lord and Savior, David now recalls how the Lord delivered him from the wicked who came against him, all his enemies and foes who came to eat up his flesh. For it was then when they thought they were about to overwhelm and overtake him that they all stumbled and fell, and not by David’s hand, but by the Lords. Therefore, as one experiences the Lord’s salvation and deliverance in this life so one’s faith and confidence in Him grows.

Vs. 3 “Though an army may encamp against me,

My heart shall not fear;

Though war may rise against me,

In this I will be confident.”

Such then was David’s confidence in the Lord that even if an army came and encamped against him, and war was brought to him, he would not fear. For he knew that the Lord had established him for that very purpose to fight the Lord’s battles and to shepherd His people. Now consider Saul his predecessor how he reacted when faced with the same, see 1 Sam. 28:5. Indeed over time Saul turned to everyone and everything but the Lord, 1 Sam. 13:1-15; 15:10-34; 1 Sam. 28:7; 1 Chr. 10:13 etc. Therefore, Saul never knew the Lord and trusted in the Lord as David did. For from Goliath forward we see a steady pattern of David’s faith and confidence always in the Lord to deliver him. Therefore, when God’s enemies came against him, and He knew that the battle was the Lord’s, he was confident that the Lord would procure the victory for Himself. David then was just the man, a chosen and faithful man of God through whom He choose to work. And so this principal of God showing Himself strong on behalf of everyone whose heart is loyal to Him plays out in every generation and situation (2 Chr. 16:9). 

Vs. 4 “One thing I have desired of the Lord,

That will I seek:

That I may dwell in the house of the Lord

All the days of my life,

To behold the beauty of the Lord,

And to inquire in His temple.”

Even in times of trouble David drew near to the Lord. For David’s heart’s desire wasn’t for his own fame or glory, nor was he driven by lust, greed, or wanting power. Instead, his heart set on wanting to know the Lord more deeply, on wanting to seek Him in His house and know Him in His beauty, for nothing is more captivating than to experience the Lord in His Holiness and Glory. And one Day all the redeemed of the Lord will! 

Vs. 5 “For in the time of trouble

He shall hide me in His pavilion;

In the secret place of His tabernacle

He shall hide me;

He shall set me high upon a rock.”

And so it was there in prayer that David (and we) find our refuge, our place of safety, for it is there that He will hide us in His pavilion, in the secret place of His tabernacle. For it is from there that He shall lift us up and set us high upon a rock where we can be unmoved and unshaken by whatever troubles or evils come at us.

Vs. 6 “And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me;

Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle;

I will sing, yes,

I will sing praises to the Lord.”

Having sought the Lord and committed all of his troubles and troublers to Him, David now exudes in confidence that it will be the Lord Himself who shall lift his head above all of his enemies all around him. Therefore, in full joy and confidence of what the Lord will do for him, David now boldly asserts that he will worship the Lord in His tabernacle, yes, he (we) will sing praises to Him!

Vs. 7-10 “Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice!

Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

⁸When You said, “Seek My face,”

My heart said to You,

“Your face, Lord, I will seek.”

⁹Do not hide Your face from me;

Do not turn Your servant away in anger;

You have been my help;

Do not leave me nor forsake me,

O God of my salvation.

¹⁰When my father and my mother forsake me,

Then the Lord will take care of me.”

Here we see the highs and lows of not just David’s own faith, but also our own, mirrored in his words here. For his pleas here truly reflect our own. For no one rides the high wave of faith in full confidence continually. For we all struggle and battle in our faith and faithfulness; especially and when we are faced with our own sins and short comings; we too are brought back to our knees again when see that once again we are in need of the Lord, of both His mercies, as well as His provisions. For as David found out family loyalty in this life can be broken when we give out hearts and lives to the Lord. Dependence then upon the Lord is not a sign of weakness, but of Godly humility and strength!

 Vs. 11-12 ¹¹Teach me Your way, O Lord,

And lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies.

¹²Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries;

For false witnesses have risen against me,

And such as breathe out violence.

And so David now appeals to the Lord, that He would teach him His ways, which are not mans ways, (and quite possibly even the ways we grew up in) but are God’s ways, which are always true and everlasting ways. Having done so David also asks that the Lord would lead him in a smooth path, (which is not a difficult burdensome road, consider Matt. 11:28-30), but is a path which Lord Himself takes, and this he asks because of his enemies who would love to make him take a hard path, while they take their pleasures in watching him (us) struggling trying to go down it. Therefore, David asks the Lord not to deliver him to the will of his adversaries, to not give him over to their will, “For false witnesses have risen against me, And such as breathe out violence.” Now this is not unique to David, for anyone who is effective for and faithful to the Lord Jesus Christ will experience the same Godless opposition and persecution and slander and mistreatment of their person down here. For being a friend of God always means being seen as an enemy from those of this world. 

Vs. 13-14 ¹³I would have lost heart, unless I had believed

That I would see the goodness of the Lord

In the land of the living.

¹⁴Wait on the Lord;

Be of good courage,

And He shall strengthen your heart;

Wait, I say, on the Lord!

In concluding David settles himself again and reaffirms to himself that he will (we will) see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Therefore we don’t just live down here huddled in corner waiting for heaven, we live now fully and abundantly because we are secured forever in our Lord’s everlasting arms in heaven, and so whether in life or in death, we live! Therefore, the call from God’s Holy Word goes out to us all who believe that when we are facing our own troubles to wait on the Lord! To be of good courage, for He shall strengthen our heart, therefore, Wait, I say, on the Lord!

Scripture Quotations

New King James (1982):Thomas Nelson.