“"I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living" [Psalm 27:13]. And since my Lord has first suffered these things, if I too despise the tongues of the dying ("for the mouth that lies slays the soul" [Wisdom 1:11]), I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living, where th…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — Exposition on Psalm 27
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13I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
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11Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
12Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
— Psalms 27:13 —
14Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.