¹⁰ He waited another seven days, and again he sent out the dove from the ark,

⁴ For in seven days I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and every living thing that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground.”

²⁵ But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

¹⁷ I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.^(A)

Psalm 40

Thanksgiving for Deliverance and Prayer for Help

To the leader. Of David. A Psalm.

¹² Then he waited another seven days and sent out the dove, and it did not return to him any more.

¹⁰ And after seven days the waters of the flood came on the earth.