Psalms 27:13 — King James Version← Study notes

“I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.”

Psalms 27:13 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 27:137 words

HebrewMeaning

לׅׄוּלֵׅׄ֗אׅׄlwlēʾ

if notconjH3884

had not · if · unless · were it not that

הֶ֭אֱמַנְתִּיheʾĕmanətiy

I had believedverbH539

assurance · believe · bring up · establish ···

לִ/רְא֥וֹתlirəʾwōt

to lookpronH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

בְּֽ/טוּבbəṭwb

on the goodness ofpronH2898

gladness · good(-ness · thing · -s) ···

יְהוָ֗הyəhwāh

YahwehnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץbəʾereṣ

in the land ofpronH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

חַיִּֽיםḥayiym

living peopleadjH2416

age · appetite · beast · company ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 27:13

Of David himself, before he was anointed. 1. Christ's young soldier speaks, on his coming to the faith. “The Lord is my light, and my salvation: whom shall I fear?” Psalm 26:1. The Lord will give me both knowledge of Himself, and salvation: who shall take me from Him? “The Lord is the Protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?” The Lord will repel all the assaults and snares of mine enemy: of no man shall I be afraid. 2. “Whilst the guilty approach unto me to eat up…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 27

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