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Psalms 39:7

And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

KJV

Sacrificium et oblationem noluisti ; aures autem perfecisti mihi. Holocaustum et pro peccato non postulasti ;

Vulgate

θυσίαν καὶ προσφορὰν οὐκ ἠθέλησας, σῶμα δὲ κατηρτίσω μοι· ὁλοκαύτωμα καὶ περὶ ἁμαρτίας οὐκ ᾔτησας.

LXX

And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope is in thee.

ASV

אַךְ בְּ/צֶ֤לֶם יִֽתְהַלֶּךְ אִ֗ישׁ אַךְ הֶ֥בֶל יֶהֱמָי֑וּ/ן יִ֝צְבֹּ֗ר וְֽ/לֹא יֵדַ֥ע מִי אֹסְפָֽ/ם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אַךְ
'k
adverb · 158×
הָֽבֶל
hbl
noun · 73×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יִּצְבְּר֥וּ
ytsbrv
verb · 7×
יֶּאֱסֹ֥ף
y'sp
verb · 200×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מִ֣י
my
particle · 420×
ן
n
verb · 33×
צַלְמֵ֣י
tslmy
noun · 17×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 49:18 — I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
  • Isa 8:17 — And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
  • Job 13:15 — Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
  • Lam 3:25 — The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
  • Luke 2:25 — And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
  • Prov 11:23 — The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
  • Ps 38:15 — For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
  • Ps 38:15 — For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
  • Ps 62:5 — My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
  • Ps 71:5 — For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
  • Ps 119:81 — My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
  • Ps 119:166 — LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
  • Ps 130:5 — I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
  • Ps 146:5 — Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
  • Rom 15:13 — Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.