Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 27:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 27:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 27:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to David, the person who wrote this Psalm, he might have felt very sad or lost, but he kept feeling hopeful because he trusted that he would see good things from God while he was alive. This helped him stay strong and not give up.

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

Contradiction with Psalm 10:1

This verse questions God's presence and attention in times of trouble, which contradicts the confident belief in seeing God's goodness in Psalm 27:13.

Psalm 10:1: Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? [why] hidest thou [thyself] in times of trouble?

Contradiction with Job 30:20

Job expresses a feeling of being ignored by God despite crying for help, contrasting Psalm 27:13’s belief in God’s visible goodness.

Job 30:20: I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me [not].

Contradiction with Psalm 22:1

David laments feeling forsaken by God, which contradicts the assurance of experiencing God’s goodness stated in Psalm 27:13.

Psalm 22:1: [To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.] My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my roaring? [Aijeleth...: or, the hind of the morning] [helping...: Heb. my salvation]

Contradiction with Lamentations 3:44

This verse describes God as having covered Himself with a cloud so that prayers cannot pass through, contradicting the belief in witnessing God’s goodness in Psalm 27:13.

Lamentations 3:44: Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that [our] prayer should not pass through.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:14

Describes the presence of vanity in the earth where the righteous suffer as the wicked prosper, opposing the assurance of God's goodness in Psalm 27:13.

Ecclesiastes 8:14: There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just [men], unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also [is] vanity.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 20:7

Jeremiah feels deceived by God, which conflicts with the faith in God's goodness seen in Psalm 27:13.

Jeremiah 20:7: O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me. [was deceived: or, was enticed]
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