¹⁰ And after waiting another seven days, he sent the dove out again;

⁴ For after seven days I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, for the destruction of every living thing which I have made on the face of the earth.

¹⁰ And after the seven days, the waters came over all the earth.

¹² And after seven days more, he sent the dove out again, but she did not come back to 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.

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.

⁸ We have been waiting for you, O Lord; the desire of our soul is for the memory of your name.

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