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Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.
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A Personal Endorsement
Multiple commentators, especially Charles Spurgeon, highlight that the final phrase, 'Wait, I say, on the Lord,' is David's personal testimony. It's as if he is signing his name to the truth of the psalm, urging readers to trust in a practice he has personally found to be a powerful restorative for the soul. This transforms the command into a heartfelt, experience-based recommendation.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 …
19th Century
Anglican
He shall strengthen. —Better, let your heart be strong.
Wait ... —Hebrew, wait for Jehovah, an…
Baptist
Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false wi…
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16th Century
Protestant
Wait you on Jehovah. It may be doubted whether David, having spoken of himself in the preceding verses, here addresses his words to others…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Wait on the Lord This, with what follows, is spoken by the psalmist either to himself or to others, or it may be to …
Wherever the believer is, he can find a way to the throne of grace by prayer. God calls us by his Spirit, by his word, by his worship, and by speci…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Now that he has prayed, the psalmist speaks about the trust produced by that prayer, and he makes two points about this.
First, he…
