Psalm 27:14
New International Version
Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.

New Living Translation
Wait patiently for the LORD. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the LORD.

English Standard Version
Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD!

Berean Standard Bible
Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!

King James Bible
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

New King James Version
Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD!

New American Standard Bible
Wait for the LORD; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the LORD.

NASB 1995
Wait for the LORD; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the LORD.

NASB 1977
Wait for the LORD; Be strong, and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the LORD.

Legacy Standard Bible
Hope in Yahweh; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Hope in Yahweh.

Amplified Bible
Wait for and confidently expect the LORD; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for and confidently expect the LORD.

Christian Standard Bible
Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart be courageous. Wait for the LORD.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Wait for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait for the LORD.

American Standard Version
Wait for Jehovah: Be strong, and let thy heart take courage; Yea, wait thou for Jehovah.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Hope in LORD JEHOVAH, and your hearts will be strengthened; hope in LORD JEHOVAH!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and let thy heart be strengthened: yea wait on the Lord.

Contemporary English Version
Trust the LORD! Be brave and strong and trust the LORD.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Expect the Lord, do manfully, and let thy heart take courage, and wait thou for the Lord.

English Revised Version
Wait on the LORD: be strong, and let thine heart take courage; yea, wait thou on the LORD.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Wait with hope for the LORD. Be strong, and let your heart be courageous. Yes, wait with hope for the LORD.

Good News Translation
Trust in the LORD. Have faith, do not despair. Trust in the LORD.

International Standard Version
Wait on the LORD. Be courageous, and he will strengthen your heart. Wait on the LORD!

JPS Tanakh 1917
Wait on the LORD; Be strong, and let thy heart take courage; Yea, wait thou for the LORD.

Literal Standard Version
Look to YHWH—be strong, | And He strengthens your heart, | Indeed, look to YHWH!

Majority Standard Bible
Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!

New American Bible
Wait for the LORD, take courage; be stouthearted, wait for the LORD!

NET Bible
Rely on the LORD! Be strong and confident! Rely on the LORD!

New Revised Standard Version
Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD!

New Heart English Bible
Wait for the LORD. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for the LORD.

Webster's Bible Translation
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he will strengthen thy heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

World English Bible
Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.

Young's Literal Translation
Look unto Jehovah -- be strong, And He doth strengthen thy heart, Yea, look unto Jehovah!

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The LORD is My Salvation
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
1 Samuel 30:6
And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.

Psalm 25:3
Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who are faithless without cause will be disgraced.

Psalm 31:24
Be strong and courageous, all you who hope in the LORD.

Psalm 37:34
Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

Psalm 40:1
I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.

Psalm 62:5
Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.

Psalm 130:5
I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.


Treasury of Scripture

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

Wait

Psalm 25:3,21
Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause…

Psalm 31:24
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

Psalm 33:20
Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.

be

Psalm 31:24
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

Acts 28:15
And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.

1 Corinthians 16:13
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

and

Psalm 138:3
In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

2 Corinthians 12:9,10
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me…

Colossians 1:11
Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

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Psalm 27
1. David sustains his faith by prayer














(14) He shall strengthen.--Better, let thy heart be strong.

Wait . . .--Heb., wait for Jehovah, and wait for Jehovah.

Verse 14. - Wait on the Lord. This is an exhortation, not to others, but to himself (comp. Psalm 62:5; and see also Psalm 42:5, 11; Psalm 43:5). His stronger self exhorts his weaker self not to despair, but to wait upon God - to tarry, i.e., the Lord's leisure - and, meanwhile to be of good courage; or, be strong (comp. Deuteronomy 31:6; Joshua 1:6; 1 Chronicles 22:13), as the phrase is elsewhere generally translated. "Be strong," he says to himself, and he (i.e. God) shall strengthen thine heart. "Aide-tot, le ciel l'aidera." Make an effort to be strong, and the strength will be given thee, as thou makest it. Then in this strength, thus given, continue till waiting - Wait, I say, on the Lord.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Wait patiently
קַוֵּ֗ה (qaw·wêh)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 6960: To bind together, collect, to expect

for
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the LORD;
יְה֫וָ֥ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

be strong
חֲ֭זַק (ḥă·zaq)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

and courageous.
וְיַאֲמֵ֣ץ (wə·ya·’ă·mêṣ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's 553: To be stout, strong, bold, alert

Wait patiently
וְ֝קַוֵּ֗ה (wə·qaw·wêh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 6960: To bind together, collect, to expect

for
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the LORD.
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


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