⁴ For since the beginning of the world
^(A)Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear,
Nor has the eye seen any God besides You,
Who acts for the one who waits for Him.

¹⁸ Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be ^(A)gracious to you;
And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
^(B)Blessed are all those who ^(C)wait for Him.

^23 (A)Kings shall be your foster fathers,
And their queens your nursing mothers;
They shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth,
And ^(B)lick up the dust of your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord,
^(C)For they shall not be ashamed who wait for Me.”

⁸ Yes, ^(A)in the way of Your judgments,
O Lord, we have ^(B)waited for You;
The desire of our soul is for Your name
And for the remembrance of You.

¹⁷ And I will wait on the Lord,
Who ^(A)hides His face from the house of Jacob;
And I ^(B)will hope in Him.

²² Let Your mercy, O Lord, be upon us,
Just as we hope in You.