Thematic Bible: Waiting upon God


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But you must return to your God, by maintaining love and justice, and by waiting for your God to return to you.







But you must return to your God, by maintaining love and justice, and by waiting for your God to return to you.



Look, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a female servant look to the hand of her mistress, so my eyes will look to the Lord, our God, until he shows us favor.



Everything looks to you in anticipation, and you provide them with food on a regular basis. You open your hand, and fill every living thing with the food they desire.

All of your creatures wait for you to provide them with food on a regular basis.


At that time they will say, "Look, here is our God! We waited for him and he delivered us. Here is the Lord! We waited for him. Let's rejoice and celebrate his deliverance!"




For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. For God alone I patiently wait; he is the one who delivers me. He alone is my protector and deliverer. He is my refuge; I will not be upended.


For this reason the Lord is ready to show you mercy; he sits on his throne, ready to have compassion on you. Indeed, the Lord is a just God; all who wait for him in faith will be blessed.

Blessed is the one who waits and attains to the 1,335 days.



You are my source of strength! I will wait for you! For God is my refuge. The God who loves me will help me; God will enable me to triumph over my enemies.


I will wait patiently for the Lord, who has rejected the family of Jacob; I will wait for him.

For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David, written when Saul sent men to surround his house and murder him. Deliver me from my enemies, my God! Protect me from those who attack me! Deliver me from evildoers! Rescue me from violent men! For look, they wait to ambush me; powerful men stalk me, but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O Lord. read more.
Though I have done nothing wrong, they are anxious to attack. Spring into action and help me! Take notice of me! You, O Lord God, the invincible warrior, the God of Israel, rouse yourself and punish all the nations! Have no mercy on any treacherous evildoers! (Selah) They return in the evening; they growl like a dog and prowl around outside the city. Look, they hurl insults at me and openly threaten to kill me, for they say, "Who hears?" But you, O Lord, laugh in disgust at them; you taunt all the nations. You are my source of strength! I will wait for you! For God is my refuge.


Kings will be your children's guardians; their princesses will nurse your children. With their faces to the ground they will bow down to you and they will lick the dirt on your feet. Then you will recognize that I am the Lord; those who wait patiently for me are not put to shame.

Certainly none who rely on you will be humiliated. Those who deal in treachery will be thwarted and humiliated.


He will not grow dim or be crushed before establishing justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait in anticipation for his decrees."

Indeed, the coastlands look eagerly for me, the large ships are in the lead, bringing your sons from far away, along with their silver and gold, to honor the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has bestowed honor on you.









For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. For God alone I patiently wait; he is the one who delivers me.



I will continually thank you when you execute judgment; I will rely on you, for your loyal followers know you are good.






Do any of the worthless idols of the nations cause rain to fall? Do the skies themselves send showers? Is it not you, O Lord our God, who does this? So we put our hopes in you because you alone do all this."






Therefore you must wait patiently for me," says the Lord, "for the day when I attack and take plunder. I have decided to gather nations together and assemble kingdoms, so I can pour out my fury on them -- all my raging anger. For the whole earth will be consumed by my fiery anger.




He had two wives; the name of the first was Hannah and the name of the second was Peninnah. Now Peninnah had children, but Hannah was childless.


For the message is a witness to what is decreed; it gives reliable testimony about how matters will turn out. Even if the message is not fulfilled right away, wait patiently; for it will certainly come to pass -- it will not arrive late.


But now, O Lord, upon what am I relying? You are my only hope! Deliver me from all my sins of rebellion! Do not make me the object of fools' insults!


Since ancient times no one has heard or perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who intervenes for those who wait for him.


At that time they will say, "Look, here is our God! We waited for him and he delivered us. Here is the Lord! We waited for him. Let's rejoice and celebrate his deliverance!"


I will wait patiently for the Lord, who has rejected the family of Jacob; I will wait for him.


Yes, as your judgments unfold, O Lord, we wait for you. We desire your fame and reputation to grow.




I yearn for the Lord, more than watchmen do for the morning, yes, more than watchmen do for the morning.


Look, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a female servant look to the hand of her mistress, so my eyes will look to the Lord, our God, until he shows us favor.


Wicked men will be wiped out, but those who rely on the Lord are the ones who will possess the land.






Joseph of Arimathea, a highly regarded member of the council, who was himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.




But you must return to your God, by maintaining love and justice, and by waiting for your God to return to you.


Guide me into your truth and teach me. For you are the God who delivers me; on you I rely all day long.


Guide me into your truth and teach me. For you are the God who delivers me; on you I rely all day long.


I am exhausted from shouting for help; my throat is sore; my eyes grow tired of looking for my God.




Guide me into your truth and teach me. For you are the God who delivers me; on you I rely all day long.


I will continually thank you when you execute judgment; I will rely on you, for your loyal followers know you are good.








While he was with them, he declared, "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait there for what my Father promised, which you heard about from me.


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