They waited for me as people wait for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rains.

To me they have hearkened, Yea, they wait, and are silent for my counsel.

When good I expected, then cometh evil, And I wait for light, and darkness cometh.

If my heart hath been enticed by woman, And by the opening of my neighbour I laid wait,

who wait for death, but {it does not come}, and search [for] it more than [for] treasures,

If a man dies, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change comes.

What [is] my strength, that I should wait? And what [is] my end, that {I should hold out}?

If I wait, the grave is my house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it wait for light, and have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the dawn:

Although thou sayest thou dost not see him, judgment is before him, therefore wait for him.

Shall I wait, because they don't speak, because they stand still, and answer no more?

When they crouch in their dens, and abide in their lairs to lie in wait?

Wait for me a little, and I will show you that there are yet words for God.

Though he slay me, I will not wait, but I will maintain my own ways before Him.

Knowest thou the time when the wild goats bring forth their young among the stony rocks? Or layest thou wait when the hinds use to fawn?

Behold the paths of Tema; the goings of Sheba, wait ye for them.

As the servant will gape for the shadow, and as the hireling will wait for his work:

He rent in his anger, and he will lie in wait for me, gnashing upon me with his teeth; mine enemy will sharpen his eyes against me.

Thou wilt turn to be cruel to me: with the strength of thy hand thou wilt lie in wait for me.