I wait for your salvation, O Lord.

The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and wait there, that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.”

And Moses said to them, “Wait, that I may hear what the Lord will command concerning you.”

And they waited till they were embarrassed. But when he still did not open the doors of the roof chamber, they took the key and opened them, and there lay their lord dead on the floor.

would you therefore wait till they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters, for it is exceedingly bitter to me for your sake that the hand of the Lord has gone out against me.”

Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what seems best to you; wait until you have weaned him; only, may the Lord establish his word.” So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him.

Therefore his servants said to him, “Let a young woman be sought for my lord the king, and let her wait on the king and be in his service. Let her lie in your arms, that my lord the king may be warm.”

And while he was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him and said, “This trouble is from the Lord! Why should I wait for the Lord any longer?”

Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!

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

Our soul waits for the Lord; he is our help and our shield.

Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!

For the evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land.

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

But for you, O Lord, do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.

“And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you.

My Help and My Deliverer

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.

For behold, they lie in wait for my life; fierce men stir up strife against me. For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,

My Soul Waits for the Lord

A Song of Ascents.

Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord!

I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope;

my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.

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

Fear God, Wait for the Lord

For the Lord spoke thus to me with his strong hand upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying:

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

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