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Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord. (Psalm 27:14)

Wait on the Lord.

The psalmist is primarily exhorting himself. His stronger self is encouraging his weaker nature not to despair (see on Ps. 25:3).

Of good courage.

See Ps. 31:24. Compare Moses’ counsel to Joshua (Deut. 31:7); God’s counsel to Joshua (Joshua 1:6).

The psalm closes with a repetition of the injunction: “Wait, I say, on the Lord,” as if the psalmist would fix deep in our minds the idea that at all times of doubt and danger, instead of despairing, we should go forward “in the strength of the Lord God” (see Ps. 71:16).