Commentaries and Other Bible Study Helps - Prayer Tents - Prayer Tents

27:13 As the ESV footnote explains, other Hebrew manuscripts start the verse with an extra word; either way, the import is that the singer has believed. Look upon is similar to "gaze upon" (v. 4) and carries the same nuance of admiration and affection. The goodness of the Lord is probably his gracious character (Ex. 33:19; 34:6-7), thus these verses carry the expectation that the prayer of Ps. 27:4-6, for ready access to worship, will be answered. On the land of the living as this life's arena, cf. Isa. 38:11; 53:8; Jer. 11:19.

27:14 To wait for the Lord is to look to him with dependence and trust, not passivity; this is what enables one to be strong and courageous (cf. Deut. 31:6).