Psalms 27:13-14

Psalms 27:13-14. The goodness of the LORD is the land of the living. Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

Why did David put that little sentence in and say, "Wait, I say"? It is a repetition, but not a vain one, for it is his own personal testimony, as much as if he had said, "I have waited on the Lord, and I have found that he helps me, so, wait, I say, on the Lord." Oh, but my brethren and sisters, we wait so much upon men, we wait so much upon ourselves, if we could get into that holy quietness in which God’s voice could be heard within our souls, - if the voice of man could be hushed, and we were content that the Lord should speak to us, how much more blessed would our lives become! Now hast thou any burden at this moment? Hast thou any ears? Hast thou a knot which thou canst not untie? Hast thou into a labyrinth of which thou canst not find the clue? "Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart; wait, I say, on the Lord."