Bible Verses About Waiting Upon God

Only--for God, be silent, O my soul, For from Him is my hope.

I have been wearied with my calling, Burnt hath been my throat, Consumed have been mine eyes, waiting for my God.

All of them unto Thee do look, To give their food in its season.

Thou dost give to them--they gather, Thou dost open Thy hand--they are satisfied with good.

Lo, as eyes of men-servants Are unto the hand of their masters, As eyes of a maid-servant Are unto the hand of her mistress, So are our eyes unto Jehovah our God, Till that He doth favour us.

I hoped for Jehovah--hoped hath my soul, And for His word I have waited.

My soul is for the Lord, More than those watching for morning, Watching for morning!

The eyes of all unto Thee do look, And Thou art giving to them their food in its season,

Opening Thy hand, and satisfying The desire of every living thing.

Do not say, `I recompense evil,' Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee.

And I have waited for Jehovah, Who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob, And I have looked for Him.

And one hath said in that day, `Lo, this is our God, We waited for Him, and He saveth us, This is Jehovah, we have waited for Him, We joy and rejoice in His salvation.'

Also, in the path of Thy judgments, O Jehovah, we have waited for Thee, To Thy name and to Thy remembrance Is the desire of the soul.

And therefore doth wait Jehovah to favour you, And therefore He is exalted to pity you, For a God of judgment is Jehovah, O the blessedness of all waiting for Him.

O Jehovah, favour us, for thee we have waited, Be their arm, in the mornings, Yea, our salvation in time of adversity.

But those expecting Jehovah pass to power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

He doth not become weak nor bruised, Till he setteth judgment in the earth, And for his law isles wait with hope.

And kings have been thy nursing fathers, And their princesses thy nursing mothers; Face to the earth--they bow down to thee, And the dust of thy feet they lick up, And thou hast known that I am Jehovah, That those expecting Me are not ashamed.

Surely for Me isles do wait, And ships of Tarshish first, To bring thy sons from afar, Their silver and their gold with them, To the name of Jehovah thy God, And to the Holy One of Israel, Because He hath beautified thee.

Even from antiquity men have not heard, They have not given ear, Eye hath not seen a God save Thee, He doth work for those waiting for Him.

Are there among the vanities of the nations any causing rain? And do the heavens give showers? Art not Thou He, O Jehovah our God? And we wait for thee, for Thou--Thou hast done all these!

Good is Jehovah to those waiting for Him, To the soul that seeketh Him.

Good! when one doth stay and stand still For the salvation of Jehovah.

O the blessedness of him who is waiting earnestly, and doth come to the days, a thousand, three hundred, thirty and five.

And thou, through thy God, dost turn, Kindness and judgment keep thou, And wait on thy God continually.