Waiting

Look unto Jehovah--be strong, And He doth strengthen thy heart, Yea, look unto Jehovah!

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices.

And I--in Jehovah I do watch, I do wait for the God of my salvation, Hear me doth my God.

I hoped <FI>for<Fi> Jehovah--hoped hath my soul, And for His word I have waited.

For yet the vision <FI>is<Fi> for a season, And it breatheth for the end, and doth not lie, If it tarry, wait for it, For surely it cometh, it is not late.

Good <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah to those waiting for Him, To the soul <FI>that<Fi> seeketh Him.

And therefore doth wait Jehovah to favour you, And therefore He is exalted to pity you, For a God of judgment <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, O the blessedness of all waiting for Him.

Only--for God, be silent, O my soul, For from Him <FI>is<Fi> my hope.

Our soul hath waited for Jehovah, Our help and our shield <FI>is<Fi> He,

and if what we do not behold we hope for, through continuance we expect <FI>it<Fi> .

in the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering;

And, now, what have I expected? O Lord, my hope--it <FI>is<Fi> of Thee.

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. I have diligently expected Jehovah, And He inclineth to me, and heareth my cry,

Cause me to tread in Thy truth, and teach me, For Thou <FI>art<Fi> the God of my salvation, Near Thee I have waited all the day.

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding;

Do not say, `I recompense evil,' Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee.

I thank Thee to the age, because Thou hast done <FI>it<Fi> , And I wait <FI>on<Fi> Thy name for <FI>it is<Fi> good before Thy saints!

O Jehovah, favour us, for thee we have waited, Be their arm, in the mornings, Yea, our salvation in time of adversity.

And I have waited for Jehovah, Who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob, And I have looked for Him.

Look unto Jehovah, and keep His way, And He doth exalt thee to possess the land, In the wicked being cut off--thou seest!

For evil doers are cut off, As to those waiting on Jehovah, they possess the land.

waiting for the blessed hope and manifestation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ,

Be patient, then, brethren, till the presence of the Lord; lo, the husbandman doth expect the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, till he may receive rain--early and latter;

Even from antiquity <FI>men<Fi> have not heard, They have not given ear, Eye hath not seen a God save Thee, He doth work for those waiting for Him.

Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.

Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices. — read the full passage →

I hoped <FI>for<Fi> Jehovah--hoped hath my soul, And for His word I have waited. — read the full passage →

To the Overseer, for Jeduthun. --A Psalm of David. Only--toward God <FI>is<Fi> my soul silent, From Him <FI>is<Fi> my salvation.

For our citizenship is in the heavens, whence also a Saviour we await--the Lord Jesus Christ--

Be patient, then, brethren, till the presence of the Lord; lo, the husbandman doth expect the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, till he may receive rain--early and latter; — read the full passage →

And thou, through thy God, dost turn, Kindness and judgment keep thou, And wait on thy God continually.

O my Strength, unto Thee I take heed, For God <FI>is<Fi> my tower--the God of my kindness.

for we by the Spirit, by faith, a hope of righteousness do wait for,

Be strong, and He strengtheneth your heart, All ye who are waiting for Jehovah!

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

And being assembled together with them, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, <FI>saith he,<Fi> `Ye did hear of me;

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

so that ye are not behind in any gift, waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Also let none waiting on Thee be ashamed, Let the treacherous dealers without cause be ashamed.

Integrity and uprightness do keep me, For I have waited <FI>on<Fi> Thee.

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. I have diligently expected Jehovah, And He inclineth to me, and heareth my cry, — read the full passage →

And <FI>one<Fi> hath said in that day, `Lo, this <FI>is<Fi> our God, We waited for Him, and He saveth us, This <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, we have waited for Him, We joy and rejoice in His salvation.'

Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

Good! when one doth stay and stand still For the salvation of Jehovah.

And lo, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name <FI>is<Fi> Simeon, and this man is righteous and devout, looking for the comforting of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him,

James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail! — read the full passage →

Therefore, wait for Me--an affirmation of Jehovah, For the day of My rising for prey, For My judgment <FI>is<Fi> to gather nations, To assemble kingdoms, To pour out on them Mine indignation, All the heat of Mine anger, For by the fire of My jealousy consumed is all the earth.

beloved, now, children of God are we, and it was not yet manifested what we shall be, and we have known that if he may be manifested, like him we shall be, because we shall see him as he is;

Jehovah, <FI>at<Fi> morning Thou hearest my voice, <FI>At<Fi> morning I set in array for Thee, And I look out.

Thy ways, O Jehovah, cause me to know, Thy paths teach Thou me. — read the full passage →

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

and so, having patiently endured, he did obtain the promise;

For Thy salvation I have waited, Jehovah!

lo, we call happy those who are enduring; the endurance of Job ye heard of, and the end of the Lord ye have seen, that very compassionate is the Lord, and pitying.

The eyes of all unto Thee do look, And Thou art giving to them their food in its season,

Good <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah to those waiting for Him, To the soul <FI>that<Fi> seeketh Him. — read the full passage →

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

And kings have been thy nursing fathers, And their princesses thy nursing mothers; Face to the earth--they bow down to thee, And the dust of thy feet they lick up, And thou hast known that I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, That those expecting Me are not ashamed.

so also the Christ, once having been offered to bear the sins of many, a second time, apart from a sin-offering, shall appear, to those waiting for him--to salvation!

Also, <FI>in<Fi> the path of Thy judgments, O Jehovah, we have waited <FI>for<Fi> Thee, To Thy name and to Thy remembrance <FI>Is<Fi> the desire of the soul.

and ye like to men waiting for their lord, when he shall return out of the wedding feasts, that he having come and knocked, immediately they may open to him.

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

so, then, nothing before the time judge ye, till the Lord may come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of the darkness, and will manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise shall come to each from God.

in all might being made mighty according to the power of His glory, to all endurance and long-suffering with joy.

Joseph of Arimathea, an honourable counsellor, who also himself was waiting for the reign of God, came, boldly entered in unto Pilate, and asked the body of Jesus.

and to wait for His Son from the heavens, whom He did raise out of the dead--Jesus, who is rescuing us from the anger that is coming.

Are there among the vanities of the nations any causing rain? And do the heavens give showers? Art not Thou He, O Jehovah our God? And we wait for thee, for Thou--Thou hast done all these!

They have hasted--forgotten His works, They have not waited for His counsel.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

Near <FI>is<Fi> My righteousness, Gone out hath My salvation and Mine arms, Peoples they judge, on Me isles do wait, Yea, on Mine arm they do wait with hope.

And not only <FI>so<Fi> , but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation doth work endurance; — read the full passage →

To the Overseer, for Jeduthun. --A Psalm of David. Only--toward God <FI>is<Fi> my soul silent, From Him <FI>is<Fi> my salvation. — read the full passage →

I had not believed to look on the goodness of Jehovah In the land of the living! — read the full passage →

be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that you He may exalt in good time, — read the full passage →

Desist, and know that I <FI>am<Fi> God, I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth.

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

And not only <FI>so<Fi> , but also we ourselves, having the first-fruit of the Spirit, we also ourselves in ourselves do groan, adoption expecting--the redemption of our body;

Our soul hath waited for Jehovah, Our help and our shield <FI>is<Fi> He, — read the full passage →

and now, why tarriest thou? having risen, baptize thyself, and wash away thy sins, calling upon the name of the Lord.

Only--He <FI>is<Fi> my rock, and my salvation, My tower, I am not much moved.

And this one thing let not be unobserved by you, beloved, that one day with the Lord <FI>is<Fi> as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day;

Lo, as eyes of men-servants <FI>Are<Fi> unto the hand of their masters, As eyes of a maid-servant <FI>Are<Fi> unto the hand of her mistress, So <FI>are<Fi> our eyes unto Jehovah our God, Till that He doth favour us.

The whole He hath made beautiful in its season; also, that knowledge He hath put in their heart without which man findeth not out the work that God hath done from the beginning even unto the end.

The Visions of Isaiah son of Amoz, that he hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

A man of fury stirreth up contention, And the slow to anger appeaseth strife.

for every one--whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, he shall be saved.'

and the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God, and to the endurance of the Christ.

Only--for God, be silent, O my soul, For from Him <FI>is<Fi> my hope. — read the full passage →

Because for Thee, O Jehovah, I have waited, Thou dost answer, O Lord my God.

My soul <FI>is<Fi> for the Lord, More than those watching for morning, Watching for morning!

To everything--a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:

for of patience ye have need, that the will of God having done, ye may receive the promise,

And ye, beloved, on your most holy faith building yourselves up, in the Holy Spirit praying, — read the full passage →

All of them unto Thee do look, To give their food in its season.

I have been wearied with my calling, Burnt hath been my throat, Consumed have been mine eyes, waiting for my God.

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;