5 I wait for the Lord.My soul waits.I hope in his word.
6 My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning;more than watchmen for the morning.
22 Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from a pure heart fervently:
23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the living and abiding Word of God.
24 For,"All flesh is like grass,and all it's glory like the flower in the grass.The grass withers, and its flower falls;
25 but the word of the Lord endures forever."This is the word of Good News which was preached to you.
1 "Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom.
2 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
3 For the foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them,
4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
5 Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
6 But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold! The bridegroom! Come out to meet him!'
7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
8 The foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'
9 But the wise answered, saying, 'What if there is not enough for us and you? You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.'
10 While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.
11 Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us.'
12 But he answered, 'Truly I tell you, I do not know you.'
13 Watch therefore, for you do not know the day nor the hour.
1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.I waited patiently for the Lord.He turned to me, and heard my cry.
2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit,out of the miry clay.He set my feet on a rock,and gave me a firm place to stand.
3 He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God.Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.
4 Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust,and doesn't respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
5 Many, Lord, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done,and your thoughts which are toward us.They can't be declared back to you.If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
6 Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,but a body you have prepared for me.You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.
7 Then I said, "Behold, I have come.It is written about me in the book in the scroll.
8 I delight to do your will, my God.Yes, your Law is within my heart."
9 I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly.Behold, I will not seal my lips, Lord, you know.
10 I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart.I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation.I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great assembly.
11 Do not withhold your tender mercies from me, Lord.Let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me.
12 For innumerable evils have surrounded me.My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up.They are more than the hairs of my head.My heart has failed me.
13 Be pleased, Lord, to deliver me.Hurry to help me, Lord.
14 Let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it.Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt.
5 My soul, wait in silence for God alone,for my expectation is from him.
3 Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance;
4 and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope:
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart,and do not lean on your own understanding.
6 In all your ways acknowledge him,and he will make your paths straight.
31 But those who wait for the Lord will renew their strength.They will mount up with wings like eagles.They will run, and not be weary.They will walk, and not faint.
1 By David.The Lord is my light and my salvation.Whom shall I fear?The Lord is the strength of my life.Of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh,even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
3 Though an army should encamp against me,my heart shall not fear.Though war should rise against me,even then I will be confident.
4 One thing I have asked of the Lord, that I will seek after,that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,to see the Lord's beauty,and to inquire in his temple.
5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion.In the covert of his tabernacle he will hide me.He will lift me up on a rock.
6 Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me.I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent.I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.
7 Hear, Lord, when I cry with my voice.Have mercy also on me, and answer me.
8 When you said, "Seek my face,"my heart said to you, "I will seek your face, Lord."
9 Do not hide your face from me.Do not put your servant away in anger.You have been my help.Do not abandon me,neither forsake me, God of my salvation.
10 When my father and my mother forsake me,then the Lord will take me up.
11 Teach me your way, Lord.Lead me in a straight path, because of my enemies.
12 Do not deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries,for false witnesses have risen up against me,such as breathe out cruelty.
13 I am still confident of this:I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
14 Wait for the Lord.Be strong, and let your heart take courage.Yes, wait for the Lord.
7 Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.
8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near.
11 strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy;
14 Wait for the Lord.Be strong, and let your heart take courage.Yes, wait for the Lord.
11 Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
13 I am still confident of this:I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
14 Wait for the Lord.Be strong, and let your heart take courage.Yes, wait for the Lord.
9 The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
20 Our soul has waited for the Lord.He is our help and our shield.
21 For our heart rejoices in him,because we have trusted in his holy name.
22 Let your loving kindness be on us, Lord,since we have hoped in you.
18 Therefore the Lord will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.
34 Wait for the Lord, and keep his way,and he will exalt you to inherit the land.When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.RESH