Lexicon :: Strong's H6960 - qāvâ

Then God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.

“I wait for your salvation, LORD.

May its morning stars grow dark.

May it wait for daylight but have none;

may it not see the breaking[fn] of dawn.

The caravans of Tema look for these streams.

The traveling merchants of Sheba hope for them.

Like a slave he longs for shade;

like a hired worker he waits for his pay.

If I await Sheol as my home,

spread out my bed in darkness,

But when I hoped for good, evil came;

when I looked for light, darkness came.

No one who waits for you

will be disgraced;

those who act treacherously without cause

will be disgraced.

Guide me in your truth and teach me,

for you are the God of my salvation;

I wait for you all day long.

May integrity and what is right

watch over me,

for I wait for you.

Wait for the LORD;

be strong, and let your heart be courageous.

Wait for the LORD.

For evildoers will be destroyed,

but those who put their hope in the LORD

will inherit the land.

Wait for the LORD and keep his way,

and he will exalt you to inherit the land.

You will watch when the wicked are destroyed.

“Now, Lord, what do I wait for?

My hope is in you.

I waited patiently for the LORD,

and he turned to me and heard my cry for help.

I will praise you forever for what you have done.

In the presence of your faithful people,

I will put my hope in your name, for it is good.

They stir up strife,[fn] they lurk,

they watch my steps

while they wait to take my life.

Do not let those who put their hope in you

be disgraced because of me,

Lord GOD of Armies;

do not let those who seek you

be humiliated because of me,

God of Israel.

Insults have broken my heart,

and I am in despair.

I waited for sympathy,

but there was none;

for comforters, but found no one.

The wicked hope to destroy me,

but I contemplate your decrees.

I wait for the LORD; I wait

and put my hope in his word.

Don’t say, “I will avenge this evil! ”

Wait on the LORD, and he will rescue you.

He broke up the soil, cleared it of stones,

and planted it with the finest vines.

He built a tower in the middle of it

and even dug out a winepress there.

He expected it to yield good grapes,

but it yielded worthless grapes.

What more could I have done for my vineyard

than I did?

Why, when I expected a yield of good grapes,

did it yield worthless grapes?

For the vineyard of the LORD of Armies

is the house of Israel,

and the men[fn] of Judah,

the plant he delighted in.

He expected justice

but saw injustice;

he expected righteousness

but heard cries of despair.

I will wait for the LORD,

who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob.

I will wait for him.

On that day it will be said,

“Look, this is our God;

we have waited for him, and he has saved us.

This is the LORD; we have waited for him.

Let’s rejoice and be glad in his salvation.”

Yes, LORD, we wait for you

in the path of your judgments.

Our desire is for your name and renown.

LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for you.

Be our strength every morning

and our salvation in time of trouble.

but those who trust in the LORD

will renew their strength;

they will soar on wings like eagles;

they will run and not become weary,

they will walk and not faint.

Kings will be your guardians

and their queens[fn] your nursing mothers.

They will bow down to you

with their faces to the ground

and lick the dust at your feet.

Then you will know that I am the LORD;

those who put their hope in me

will not be put to shame.

My righteousness is near,

my salvation appears,

and my arms will bring justice to the nations.

The coasts and islands will put their hope in me,

and they will look to my strength.[fn]

Therefore justice is far from us,

and righteousness does not reach us.

We hope for light, but there is darkness;

for brightness, but we live in the night.

We all growl like bears

and moan like doves.

We hope for justice, but there is none;

for salvation, but it is far from us.

Yes, the coasts and islands will wait for me

with the ships of Tarshish in the lead,

to bring your children from far away,

their silver and gold with them,

for the honor of the LORD your God,

the Holy One of Israel,

who has glorified you.

When you did awesome works

that we did not expect,

you came down,

and the mountains quaked at your presence.

At that time Jerusalem will be called The LORD’s Throne, and all the nations will be gathered to it, to the name of the LORD in Jerusalem. They will cease to follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.

We hoped for peace, but there was nothing good;

for a time of healing, but there was only terror.

Give glory to the LORD your God

before he brings darkness,

before your feet stumble

on the mountains at dusk.

You wait for light,

but he brings darkest gloom[fn]

and makes total darkness.

Have you completely rejected Judah?

Do you detest Zion?

Why do you strike us

with no hope of healing for us?

We hoped for peace,

but there was nothing good;

for a time of healing,

but there was only terror.

Can any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain?

Or can the skies alone give showers?

Are you not the LORD our God?

We therefore put our hope in you,

for you have done all these things.

All your enemies

open their mouths against you.

They hiss and gnash their teeth,

saying, “We have swallowed her up.

This is the day we have waited for!

We have lived to see it.”

The LORD is good to those who wait for him,

to the person who seeks him.

But you must return to your God.

Maintain love and justice,

and always put your hope in God.

Then the remnant of Jacob

will be among many peoples

like dew from the LORD,

like showers on the grass,

which do not wait for anyone

or linger for mankind.