Isaiah 33:2
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2 O Lord, be gracious to us; we wait for you.
Be our arm every morning,
our salvation in the time of trouble.(A)
2 Corinthians 1:3-4
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Paul’s Thanksgiving after Affliction
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation,(A) 4 who consoles us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to console those who are in any affliction with the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by God.
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Isaiah 30:18-19
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God’s Promise to Zion
18 Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you;
therefore he will rise up to show mercy to you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
blessed are all those who wait for him.(A)
19 O people in Zion, inhabitants of Jerusalem, you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when he hears it, he will answer you.(B)
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Isaiah 25:9
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9 It will be said on that day,
“See, this is our God; we have waited for him, so that he might save us.
This is the Lord for whom we have waited;
let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”(A)
Isaiah 59:16
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16 He saw that there was no one
and was appalled that there was no one to intervene,
so his own arm brought him victory,
and his righteousness upheld him.(A)
Isaiah 26:8
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8 In the path of your judgments,
O Lord, we have placed hope;
your name and your renown
are the soul’s desire.(A)
Psalm 130:4-8
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4 But there is forgiveness with you,
so that you may be revered.(A)
5 I wait for the Lord; my soul waits,
and in his word I hope;(B)
6 my soul waits for the Lord
more than those who watch for the morning,
more than those who watch for the morning.(C)
7 O Israel, hope in the Lord!
For with the Lord there is steadfast love,
and with him is great power to redeem.(D)
8 It is he who will redeem Israel
from all its iniquities.(E)
Psalm 62:8
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8 Trust in him at all times, O people;
pour out your heart before him;
God is a refuge for us. Selah(A)
Psalm 60:11
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11 O grant us help against the foe,
for human help is worthless.(A)
Exodus 14:27
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27 So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at dawn the sea returned to its normal depth. As the Egyptians fled before it, the Lord tossed the Egyptians into the sea.(A)
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Hosea 14:2
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2 Take words with you
and return to the Lord;
say to him,
“Take away all guilt;
accept that which is good,
and we will offer
the fruit[a] of our lips.(A)
Footnotes
- 14.2 Gk Syr: Heb bulls
Lamentations 3:25-26
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25 The Lord is good to those who wait for him,
to the soul that seeks him.(A)
26 It is good that one should wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord.(B)
Lamentations 3:23
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23 they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.(A)
Jeremiah 14:8
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8 O hope of Israel,
its savior in time of trouble,
why should you be like a stranger in the land,
like a traveler turning aside for the night?(A)
Jeremiah 2:27-28
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27 who say to a tree, “You are my father,”
and to a stone, “You gave me birth.”
For they have turned their backs to me
and not their faces.
But in the time of their trouble they say,
“Come and save us!”(A)
28 But where are your gods
that you made for yourself?
Let them come, if they can save you,
in your time of trouble,
for you have as many gods
as you have towns, O Judah.(B)
Isaiah 40:10
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10 See, the Lord God comes with might,
and his arm rules for him;
his reward is with him
and his recompense before him.(A)
Isaiah 26:16
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16 O Lord, in distress they sought you;
they poured out a prayer[a]
when your chastening was on them.(A)
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- 26.16 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Isaiah 25:4
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4 For you have been a refuge to the poor,
a refuge to the needy in their distress,
a shelter from the rainstorm and a shade from the heat.
When the blast of the ruthless was like a winter rainstorm,(A)
Psalm 123:2
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2 As the eyes of servants
look to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a maid
to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look to the Lord our God,
until he has mercy upon us.(A)
Psalm 91:15
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15 When they call to me, I will answer them;
I will be with them in trouble;
I will rescue them and honor them.(A)
Psalm 90:15
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15 Make us glad as many days as you have afflicted us
and as many years as we have seen evil.
Psalm 62:5
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5 For God alone my soul waits in silence,
for my hope is from him.
Psalm 62:1
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Psalm 62
Song of Trust in God Alone
To the leader: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
1 For God alone my soul waits in silence;
from him comes my salvation.(A)
Psalm 50:15
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15 Call on me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”(A)
Psalm 46:5
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5 God is in the midst of the city;[a] it shall not be moved;
God will help it when the morning dawns.(A)
Footnotes
- 46.5 Heb of it
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