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The LORD Is My Salvation

Psalms 27:13

In 11 translations

BSB
Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
KJV
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
WEB
I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living.
ASV
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah In the land of the living.
LSV
I had not believed to look on the goodness of YHWH || In the land of the living!
YLT
I had not believed to look on the goodness of Jehovah In the land of the living!
DBY
Unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah in the land of the living...!
DRC26:13
I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.
GNV
I should haue fainted, except I had beleeued to see the goodnes of the Lord in the land of the liuing.
JPS
If I had not believed to look upon the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living! —
LXXE26:13
I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.Gr. good things.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
לׅׄוּלֵׅׄ֗אׅׄ הֶ֭אֱמַנְתִּי לִרְא֥וֹת בְּֽטוּב־יְהוָ֗ה בְּאֶ֣רֶץ חַיִּֽים׃Puncta extraordinaria -- a \u05c4 is used to mark such marks in the text when they are above the line and a \u05c5 when they are below the line.
LXX-Br26:13
Πιστεύω τοῦ ἰδεῖν τὰ ἀγαθὰ Κυρίου ἐν γῇ ζώντων.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Corinthians 4:16Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
  • Psalms 142:5I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
  • Psalms 56:3When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.
  • 2 Corinthians 4:8–14We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of…
  • Psalms 56:13For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
  • Psalms 31:19How 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!
  • Psalms 42:5Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.
  • Psalms 116:9–11I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. I believed, therefore I said, “I am greatly afflicted.” In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”
  • Ephesians 2:8For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
  • 2 Corinthians 4:1Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.
  • Job 28:13No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.
  • Jeremiah 11:19For 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…
  • Ezekiel 26:20then I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the earth below like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer…
  • Isaiah 38:19The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.
  • Job 33:30to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
  • Isaiah 38:11I 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.

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