⁵ Why, my soul, are you downcast?^(A)
    Why so disturbed^(B) within me?
Put your hope in God,^(C)
    for I will yet praise^(D) him,
    my Savior^(E) and my God.^(F)

⁷ Be still^(A) before the Lord
    and wait patiently^(B) for him;
do not fret^(C) when people succeed in their ways,^(D)
    when they carry out their wicked schemes.^(E)

² From the ends of the earth I call to you,
    I call as my heart grows faint;^(A)
    lead me to the rock^(B) that is higher than I.

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

²⁴ I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;^(A)
    therefore I will wait for him.”

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

⁵ Why, my soul, are you downcast?
    Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
    for I will yet praise him,
    my Savior and my God.^(A)

¹⁴ As for me, I will always have hope;^(A)
    I will praise you more and more.

³ When I am afraid,^(A) I put my trust in you.^(B)