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5I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

Psalms 130:5 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • Psalms 33:20

    Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.

  • Isaiah 30:18

    And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

  • Psalms 119:81

    CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.

  • Psalms 62:5

    My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

  • Psalms 27:14

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

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 5-8)

Here, I. The psalmist engages himself to trust in God and to wait for him, Ps. 130:5 , 6 . Observe, 1. His dependence upon God, expressed in a climax, it being a a song of degrees, or ascents: “ I wait for the Lord ; from him I expect relief and comfort, believing it will come, longing till it does come, but patiently bearing the delay of it, and resolving to look for it from no other hand. My sou…

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