Waiting

Upon God

For mercy

• Psalms 123:2

  Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.

For pardon

• Psalms 39:7

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

• Psalms 39:8

  Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.

For the consolation of Israel

• 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.

For salvation

• Genesis 49:18

  I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.

• Psalms 62:1

  To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.

• Psalms 62:2

  He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

For guidance and teaching

• Psalms 25:5

  Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

For protection

• Psalms 33:20

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

• Psalms 59:9

  Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.

• Psalms 59:10

  The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.

For the fulfillment of his word

• Habakkuk 2:3

  For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

For the fulfillment of his promises

• Acts 1:4

  And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.

For the hope of righteousness by faith

• Galatians 5:5

  For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

For the coming of Christ

• 1 Corinthians 1:7

  So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

• 1 Thessalonians 1:10

  And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

Is good

• Psalms 52:9

  I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.

God calls us to

• Zephaniah 3:8

  Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

Exhortations and encouragements to

• Psalms 27:14

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

• Psalms 37:7

  Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

• Hosea 12:6

  Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

Should be with the soul

• Psalms 62:1

  To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.

• Psalms 62:5

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

With earnest desire

• Psalms 130:6

  My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

With patience

• Psalms 37:7

  Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

• Psalms 40:1

  To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

With resignation

• Lamentations 3:26

  It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

With hope in his word

• Psalms 130:5

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

With full confidence

• Micah 7:7

  Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

Continually

• Hosea 12:6

  Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

All the day

• Psalms 25:5

  Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

Especially in adversity

• Psalms 59:1–9

  To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me. Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men. For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD. …

• Isaiah 8:17

  And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

In the way of his judgments

• Isaiah 26:8

  Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.

Saints resolve on

• Psalms 52:9

  I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.

• Psalms 59:9

  Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.

Saints have expectation from

• Psalms 62:5

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

Saints plead, in prayer

• Psalms 25:21

  Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

• Isaiah 33:2

  O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

The patience of saints often tested in

• Psalms 69:3

  I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

Those who engage in

Predicted of the Gentiles

• Isaiah 42:4

  He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.

• Isaiah 60:9

  Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.

Illustrated

• Psalms 123:2

  Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.

• Luke 12:36

  And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.

• James 5:7

  Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

Exemplified