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

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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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I (A)wait for the Lord, (B)my soul waits,
    and (C)in his word I hope;
my soul (D)waits for the Lord
    more than (E)watchmen for (F)the morning,
    more than watchmen for the morning.

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O (A)Israel,[a] (B)trust in the Lord!
    He is their (C)help and their shield.
10 O (D)house of Aaron, trust in the Lord!
    He is their help and (E)their shield.
11 You (F)who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord!
    He is their help and their shield.

12 The Lord has remembered us; he will bless us;
    he will bless (G)the house of Israel;
    he will bless (H)the house of Aaron;

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 115:9 Masoretic Text; many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac O house of Israel

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

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For God alone, O (A)my soul, wait in silence,
    for my hope is from him.
(B)He only is my rock and my salvation,
    my fortress; I shall not be shaken.

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20 And when they prevailed[a] over them, the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hands, (A)for they cried out to God in the battle, and he granted their urgent plea (B)because they trusted in him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 5:20 Or they were helped to prevail

17 I will (A)wait for the Lord, who is (B)hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.

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My Rock and My Fortress

Of David.

144 Blessed be the Lord, my (A)rock,
    (B)who trains my hands for war,
    and my fingers for battle;
he is my (C)steadfast love and my (D)fortress,
    my (E)stronghold and my deliverer,
my (F)shield and he in whom I take refuge,
    who (G)subdues peoples[a] under me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 144:2 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Dead Sea Scroll, Jerome, Syriac, Aquila; most Hebrew manuscripts subdues my people

My Soul Waits for God Alone

To the choirmaster: according to (A)Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

62 For God alone (B)my soul (C)waits in silence;
    from him comes my salvation.
(D)He alone is my rock and my salvation,
    my (E)fortress; (F)I shall not be greatly shaken.

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