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.

⁷ Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.

¹³ I had almost given up my hope of seeing the blessing of the Lord in the land of the living.

¹⁴ Let your hope be in the Lord: take heart and be strong; yes, let your hope be in the Lord.

² Lord, let my voice come before you: let your ears be awake to the voice of my prayer.

¹⁸ O my God, let your ear be turned and give hearing; let your eyes be open and see how we have been made waste and the town which is named by your name: for we are not offering our prayers before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercies.

⁷ Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come.

⁸ Be as calm in your waiting; let your hearts be strong: because the coming of the Lord is near.

⁹ Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors.

¹⁰ Take as an example of pain nobly undergone and of strength in trouble, the prophets who gave to men the words of the Lord.

¹¹ We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.

¹⁵ The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry.

² He has let my request come before him, and I will make my prayer to him all my days.