Psalms 27:13

Psalms 27:13. I had fainted, ,unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

"I had fainted, unless I had believed." You have the choice between these two things, you must either faint or have faith. Faith is the blessed smelling-bottle that will often prevent a fainting fit. Get but a sniff of the promises, do but know how strong they are, and your poor flagging spirit will revive. "I had fainted, unless I had believed to see." What? "Believed to see?" That is David’s way of putting it. Many want to see to believe; that is our carnal way, but the faith-way, the gracious way is, "I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah in the land of the living."