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

²⁰ We wait^(A) in hope for the Lord;
    he is our help and our shield.

³⁴ Hope in the Lord^(A)
    and keep his way.^(B)
He will exalt you to inherit the land;
    when the wicked are destroyed,^(C) you will see^(D) it.

⁵ I wait for the Lord,^(A) my whole being waits,^(B)
    and in his word^(C) I put my hope.
⁶ I wait for the Lord
    more than watchmen^(D) wait for the morning,
    more than watchmen wait for the morning.^(E)

“Surely this is our God;^(B)
    we trusted^(C) in him, and he saved^(D) us.
This is the Lord, we trusted in him;
    let us rejoice^(E) and be glad in his salvation.”^(F)

¹⁸ Yet the Lord longs^(A) to be gracious to you;
    therefore he will rise up to show you compassion.^(B)
For the Lord is a God of justice.^(C)
    Blessed are all who wait for him!^(D)

²⁶ it is good to wait quietly^(A)
    for the salvation of the Lord.^(B)

³ For the revelation awaits an appointed time;^(A)
    it speaks of the end^(B)
    and will not prove false.
Though it linger, wait^(C) for it;
    it^[a] will certainly come
    and will not delay.^(D)