Psalms 27:14 (WEB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Psalms 27:12 Don’t deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty.

Psalms 27:13 I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living.

Psalms 27:14 Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "wait", "yahweh", "strong", "heart", "take", and "courage". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "wait" and "yahweh", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The prior verse says "I am still confident of this I...", giving immediate footing for "wait" and "yahweh". In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "wait" and "yahweh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.