¹⁷ I will wait^(A) for the Lord,
    who is hiding^(B) his face from the descendants of Jacob.
I will put my trust in him.^(C)

“In just a little while,
    he who is coming^(C) will come
    and will not delay.”^[a](D)

“But my righteous^[b] one will live by faith.^(E)
    And I take no pleasure
    in the one who shrinks back.”^[c](F)

³ For the revelation awaits an appointed time;^(A)
    it speaks of the end^(B)
    and will not prove false.
Though it linger, wait^(C) for it;
    it^[a] will certainly come
    and will not delay.^(D)

²⁵ The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
    to the one who seeks him;^(A)
26 it is good to wait quietly^(B)
    for the salvation of the Lord.^(C)

“Surely this is our God;^(B)
    we trusted^(C) in him, and he saved^(D) us.
This is the Lord, we trusted in him;
    let us rejoice^(E) and be glad in his salvation.”^(F)

²⁰ We wait^(A) in hope for the Lord;
    he is our help and our shield.

⁸ In a surge of anger^(A)
    I hid^(B) my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness^(C)
    I will have compassion^(D) on you,”
    says the Lord your Redeemer.^(E)