14 Wait(A) for the Lord;
    be strong(B) and take heart
    and wait for the Lord.

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14 Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

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Psalm 40[a](A)

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

I waited patiently(B) for the Lord;
    he turned to me and heard my cry.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 40:1 In Hebrew texts 40:1-17 is numbered 40:2-18.

40 I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

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I wait for the Lord,(A) my whole being waits,(B)
    and in his word(C) I put my hope.

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I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

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13 I waited patiently(A) till dawn,
    but like a lion he broke(B) all my bones;(C)
    day and night(D) you made an end of me.

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13 I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

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16 I heard and my heart pounded,
    my lips quivered at the sound;
decay crept into my bones,
    and my legs trembled.(A)
Yet I will wait patiently(B) for the day of calamity
    to come on the nation invading us.

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16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.

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25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.(A)

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25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

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