קָוָה

And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.

I await Your salvation, O LORD.

May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.

The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.

Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.

If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,

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

Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who engage in treachery without cause will be disgraced.

Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.

May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.

Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!

For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.

Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.

I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name—for it is good—in the presence of Your saints.

They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.

May those who hope in You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of Hosts; may those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel.

Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.

The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.

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

Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.

He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!

What more could have been done for My vineyard than I have done for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?

For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.

I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.

And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”

Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.

O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.

But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”

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.

Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.

Surely the islands will wait for Me, with the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring your children from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for He has glorified you.

When You did awesome works that we did not expect, You came down, and the mountains trembled at Your presence.

At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations will be gathered in Jerusalem to honor the name of the LORD. They will no longer follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.

We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.

Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.

Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.

Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.

All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”

The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.

But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and always wait on your God.

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.