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And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.

And you shall go before me to Gilgal, and surely I will come to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you are to do.”

And Saul waited seven days for the time appointed by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the troops began to desert Saul.

But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.

While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, “This calamity is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”

What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?

Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.

When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.

Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.

They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.

But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.

Indeed, I waited while you spoke; I listened to your reasoning; as you searched for words,

Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply?

Be strong and courageous, all you who hope in the LORD.

Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion

May Your loving devotion rest on us, O LORD, as we put our hope in You.

I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

But I will always hope and will praise You more and more.

Never take Your word of truth from my mouth, for I hope in Your judgments.

Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope.

May those who fear You see me and rejoice, for I have hoped in Your word.

My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.

You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.

I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.

I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.

O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.

O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, both now and forevermore.

The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.

He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”

My righteousness draws near, My salvation is on the way, and My arms will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look for Me and wait in hope for My arm.

Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:

“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”

They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.

When she saw that she had waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.

Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.

But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.