Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. New Living Translation Yet I am confident I will see the LORD’s goodness while I am here in the land of the living. English Standard Version I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living! Berean Standard Bible Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. King James Bible I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. New King James Version I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living. New American Standard Bible I certainly believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living. NASB 1995 I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living. NASB 1977 I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living. Legacy Standard Bible I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of Yahweh In the land of the living. Amplified Bible I would have despaired had I not believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living. Christian Standard Bible I am certain that I will see the LORD’s goodness in the land of the living. Holman Christian Standard Bible I am certain that I will see the LORD’s goodness in the land of the living. American Standard Version I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah In the land of the living. Aramaic Bible in Plain English But I have believed that I shall see the goodness of LORD JEHOVAH in the land of the living. Brenton Septuagint Translation I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Contemporary English Version but I know I will live to see how kind you are. Douay-Rheims Bible I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living. English Revised Version I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. GOD'S WORD® Translation I believe that I will see the goodness of the LORD in this world of the living. Good News Translation I know that I will live to see the LORD's goodness in this present life. International Standard Version I believe that I will see the LORD's goodness in the land of the living. JPS Tanakh 1917 If I had not believed to look upon the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living!-- Literal Standard Version I had not believed to look on the goodness of YHWH | In the land of the living! Majority Standard Bible Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. New American Bible I believe I shall see the LORD’s goodness in the land of the living. NET Bible Where would I be if I did not believe I would experience the LORD's favor in the land of the living? New Revised Standard Version I believe that I shall see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. New Heart English Bible I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Webster's Bible Translation I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. World English Bible I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living. Young's Literal Translation I had not believed to look on the goodness of Jehovah In the land of the living! Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The LORD is My Salvation…12Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence. 13Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. 14Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!… Cross References Job 28:13 No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living. Psalm 31:19 How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You! Psalm 52:5 Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah Psalm 116:9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. Psalm 142:5 I cry to You, O LORD: "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living." Isaiah 38:11 I said, "I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world. Jeremiah 11:19 For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: "Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more." Treasury of Scripture I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. fainted Psalm 42:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. Psalm 56:3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. Psalm 116:9-11 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living… in the Psalm 52:5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. Psalm 56:13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living? Psalm 142:5 I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living. Jump to Previous Almost Believe Believed Blessing Confident Despaired Fainted Goodness Hope UnlessJump to Next Almost Believe Believed Blessing Confident Despaired Fainted Goodness Hope UnlessPsalm 27 1. David sustains his faith by prayerVerse 13. - I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. In the original, by the figure aposiopesis,, the apodosis is omitted, "had I not believed that I should see the goodness of Jehovah in the land of the living [i.e. in this present world], then... " He shrinks from stating the consequences, He would have fainted, or despaired, or lost all faith in religion (compare, for similar uses of the figure aposiopesis, Genesis 3:22; Genesis 31:41; Genesis 1:15; Exodus 32:32; Daniel 3:15; Zechariah 6:15; Luke 13:9). By an effort of faith, the psalmist saved himself from the despair which threatened to seize upon him, and assured himself that he would yet experience "the goodness of the Lord" in some merciful interposition and deliverance, while he still remained on earth, before he "went whence he should not return - to the land of darkness and the shadow of death, a land of darkness as darkness itself, and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness" (Job 10:21, 22). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Stillלׅׄוּלֵׅׄ֗אׅׄ (lū·lê) Conjunction Strong's 3884: If not, unless I am certain הֶ֭אֱמַנְתִּי (he·’ĕ·man·tî) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 539: To confirm, support to see לִרְא֥וֹת (lir·’ō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 7200: To see the goodness בְּֽטוּב־ (bə·ṭūḇ-) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2898: Good, goodness, beauty, gladness, welfare of the LORD יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel in the land בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 776: Earth, land of the living. חַיִּֽים׃ (ḥay·yîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life Links Psalm 27:13 NIVPsalm 27:13 NLT Psalm 27:13 ESV Psalm 27:13 NASB Psalm 27:13 KJV Psalm 27:13 BibleApps.com Psalm 27:13 Biblia Paralela Psalm 27:13 Chinese Bible Psalm 27:13 French Bible Psalm 27:13 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 27:13 I am still confident of this: (Psalm Ps Psa.) |