¹⁸ I have been waiting for your salvation, O Lord.

¹⁷⁴ All my desire has been for your salvation, O Lord; and your law is my delight.

¹⁶⁶ Lord, my hope has been in your salvation; and I have kept your teachings.

⁷ But as for me, I am looking to the Lord; I am waiting for the God of my salvation: the ears of my God will be open to me.

⁹ And in that day it will be said, See, this is our God; we have been waiting for him, and he will be our saviour: this is the Lord in whom is our hope; we will be glad and have delight in his salvation.

²⁵ And there was then in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon; and he was an upright man, fearing God and waiting for the comfort of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was on him.

¹ <To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm.> When I was waiting quietly for the Lord, his heart was turned to me, and he gave ear to my cry.

³⁰ And the angel said to her, Have no fear, Mary, for you have God's approval.

³⁰ For my eyes have seen your salvation,

⁵¹ (He had not given his approval to their decision or their acts), of Arimathaea, a town of the Jews, who was waiting for the kingdom of God:

¹⁹ For the strong desire of every living thing is waiting for the revelation of the sons of God.

²⁵ But if we have hope for that which we see not, then we will be able to go on waiting for it.

⁵ For we through the Spirit by faith are waiting for the hope of righteousness.

¹⁰ Waiting for his Son from heaven, who came back from the dead, even Jesus, our Saviour from the wrath to come.

⁴³ There came Joseph of Arimathaea, a responsible man in high honour, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God; and he went in to Pilate without fear, and made a request for the body of Jesus.

²¹ And she will give birth to a son; and you will give him the name Jesus; for he will give his people salvation from their sins.

⁵ Be my guide and teacher in the true way; for you are the God of my salvation; I am waiting for your word all the day.

⁶ O Lord, keep in mind your pity and your mercies; for they have been from the earliest times.

¹ <To the chief music-maker. After Jeduthun. A Psalm. Of David.> My soul, put all your faith in God; for from him comes my salvation.

⁵ My soul, put all your faith in God; for from him comes my hope.

⁷ Let us see your mercy, O Lord, and give us your salvation.

⁴¹ <VAU> Let your mercies come to me, O Lord, even your salvation, as you have said.

² See! as the eyes of servants are turned to the hands of their masters, and the eyes of a servant-girl to her owner, so our eyes are waiting for the Lord our God, till he has mercy on us.

⁵ I am waiting for the Lord, my soul is waiting for him, and my hope is in his word.

¹⁷ And I will be waiting for the Lord, whose face is veiled from the house of Jacob, and I will be looking for him.

¹⁸ For this cause the Lord will be waiting, so that he may be kind to you; and he will be lifted up, so that he may have mercy on you; for the Lord is a God of righteousness: there is a blessing on all whose hope is in him.

² O Lord, have mercy on us; for we have been waiting for your help: be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of trouble.

⁸ And now, take a chance with my master, the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able to put horsemen on them.

²⁵ The Lord is good to those who are waiting for him, to the soul which is looking for him.

⁷ May the salvation of Israel come out of Zion! when the fate of his people is changed by the Lord, Jacob will have joy and Israel will be glad.