⁴ For from days of old ^(A)they have not heard or perceived by ear,
Nor has the eye seen a God besides You,
Who acts in behalf of one who ^(B)waits for Him.

¹⁸ Therefore the Lord ^[a](A)longs to be gracious to you,
And therefore He ^[b]waits on ^(B)high to have compassion on you.
For the Lord is a ^(C)God of justice;
How blessed are all those who ^[c](D)long for Him.

^23 (A)Kings will be your guardians,
And their princesses your nurses.
They will ^(B)bow down to you with their faces to the ground
And ^(C)lick the dust from your feet;
And you will ^(D)know that I am the Lord;
Those who hopefully ^(E)wait for Me will ^(F)not be put to shame.

² Lord, ^(A)be gracious to us; we have ^(B)waited for You.
Be ^[a]their ^[b](C)strength every morning,
Our salvation also in the ^(D)time of distress.