14 (A)Wait for the Lord;
    (B)be strong, and let your heart take courage;
    wait for the Lord!

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31 but (A)they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
    they shall mount up with wings (B)like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
    they shall walk and not faint.

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24 (A)Be strong, and let your heart take courage,
    all you who wait for the Lord!

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34 (A)Wait for the Lord and keep his way,
    and he will exalt you to inherit the land;
    you will look on (B)when the wicked are cut off.

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The Lord Will Be Gracious

18 Therefore the Lord (A)waits to be gracious to you,
    and therefore he (B)exalts himself to show mercy to you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
    (C)blessed are all those who wait for him.

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I (A)wait for the Lord, (B)my soul waits,
    and (C)in his word I hope;

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For still (A)the vision awaits its appointed time;
    it hastens to the end—it will not lie.
If it seems slow, (B)wait for it;
    (C)it will surely come; it will not delay.

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On the day I called, you answered me;
    my strength of soul you increased.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 138:3 Hebrew you made me bold in my soul with strength

11 (A)being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for (B)all endurance and patience (C)with joy;

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13 I can do all things (A)through him who strengthens me.

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For God alone, O (A)my soul, wait in silence,
    for my hope is from him.

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As for you, (A)always be sober-minded, (B)endure suffering, do the work of (C)an evangelist, (D)fulfill your ministry.

For (E)I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my (F)departure has come. (G)I have fought the good fight, (H)I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is (I)laid up for me (J)the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, (K)the righteous judge, will award to me on (L)that day, and not only to me but also to all (M)who have loved his appearing.

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22 Do not say, (A)“I will repay evil”;
    (B)wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.

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It will be said on that day,
    “Behold, this is our God; (A)we have waited for him, that he might save us.
    This is the Lord; we have waited for him;
    (B)let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”

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20 Our soul (A)waits for the Lord;
    he is our (B)help and (C)our shield.

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26 (A)It is good that one should wait quietly
    for the salvation of the Lord.

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The Whole Armor of God

10 Finally, (A)be strong in the Lord and in (B)the strength of his might.

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

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25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was (A)righteous and (B)devout, (C)waiting for (D)the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

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Indeed, (A)none who wait for you shall be put to shame;
    they shall be ashamed who are (B)wantonly (C)treacherous.

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But he said to me, (A)“My grace is sufficient for you, for (B)my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that (C)the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 (D)For the sake of Christ, then, (E)I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For (F)when I am weak, then I am strong.

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21 May integrity and uprightness preserve me,
    for I wait for you.

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16 that according to (A)the riches of his glory (B)he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit (C)in your inner being,

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