¹⁰ He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.

⁴ Seven days from now I will send rain^(A) on the earth^(B) for forty days^(C) and forty nights,^(D) and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.^(E)”

²⁵ But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.^(A)

Psalm 40^[a](A)

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

¹² He waited seven more days and sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him.

¹⁰ And after the seven days^(A) the floodwaters came on the earth.