Psalms 130:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Ps 33:20 : 20 Our souls are waiting for the Lord; he is our help and our salvation.
  • Ps 119:81 : 81 <CAPH> My soul is wasted with desire for your salvation: but I have hope in your word.
  • Ps 27:14 : 14 Let your hope be in the Lord: take heart and be strong; yes, let your hope be in the Lord.
  • Ps 40:1 : 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.
  • Isa 8:17 : 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.
  • Isa 26:8 : 8 We have been waiting for you, O Lord; the desire of our soul is for the memory of your name.
  • Ps 62:1 : 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.
  • Ps 62:5 : 5 My soul, put all your faith in God; for from him comes my hope.
  • Ps 119:42 : 42 So that I may have an answer for the man who would put me to shame; for I have faith in your word.
  • Ps 119:49 : 49 <ZAIN> Keep in mind your word to your servant, for on it has my hope been fixed.
  • Ps 119:74 : 74 Your worshippers will see me and be glad; because my hope has been in your word.
  • Gen 49:18 : 18 I have been waiting for your salvation, O Lord.
  • Ps 119:114 : 114 You are my secret place and my breastplate against danger; my hope is in your word.
  • Isa 30:18 : 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.
  • Luke 2:25 : 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.
  • Heb 6:18 : 18 So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;
  • Luke 2:38 : 38 And coming up at that time, she gave praise to God, talking of him to all those who were waiting for the freeing of Jerusalem.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 130:6-7
    2 verses
    91%

    6 My soul is watching for the Lord more than those who are watching for the morning; yes, more than the watchers for the morning.

    7 O Israel, have hope in the Lord; for with the Lord is mercy and full salvation.

  • 7 And now, Lord, what am I waiting for? my hope is in you.

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

  • 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.

  • Ps 119:81-82
    2 verses
    80%

    81 <CAPH> My soul is wasted with desire for your salvation: but I have hope in your word.

    82 My eyes are full of weariness with searching for your word, saying, When will you give me comfort?

  • Lam 3:24-26
    3 verses
    80%

    24 I said to myself, The Lord is my heritage; and because of this I will have hope in him.

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

    26 It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord.

  • 15 In you, O Lord, is my hope: you will give me an answer, O Lord, my God.

  • Ps 33:20-22
    3 verses
    79%

    20 Our souls are waiting for the Lord; he is our help and our salvation.

    21 For in him our hearts have joy; in his holy name is our hope.

    22 Let your mercy be on us, O Lord, as we are waiting for you.

  • 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.

  • 147 Before the sun is up, my cry for help comes to your ear; my hope is in your words.

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

  • 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.

  • 21 For my clean and upright ways keep me safe, because my hope is in you.

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

  • Ps 131:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2 See, I have made my soul calm and quiet, like a child on its mother's breast; my soul is like a child on its mother's breast.

    3 O Israel, have hope in the Lord, from this time and for ever.

  • 9 O my strength, I will put my hope in you; because God is my strong tower.

  • 1 <Of David.> To you, O Lord, my soul is lifted up.

  • 5 For you are my hope, O Lord God; I have had faith in you from the time when I was young.

  • 114 You are my secret place and my breastplate against danger; my hope is in your word.

  • 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.

  • 14 But I will go on ever hoping, and increasing in all your praise.

  • 21 This I keep in mind, and because of this I have hope.

  • 5 But I have had faith in your mercy; my heart will be glad in your salvation.

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

  • 1 <A Song of the going up.> Out of the deep have I sent up my cry to you, O Lord.

  • 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.

  • 8 But my eyes are turned to you, O Lord God: my hope is in you; let not my soul be given up to death.

  • 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.

  • 3 I am tired with my crying; my throat is burning: my eyes are wasted with waiting for my God.

  • 20 My soul is broken with desire for your decisions at all times.

  • 18 And I said, My strength is cut off, and my hope from the Lord.

  • 5 Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

  • 49 <ZAIN> Keep in mind your word to your servant, for on it has my hope been fixed.

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

  • 74 Your worshippers will see me and be glad; because my hope has been in your word.

  • 8 Let the story of your mercy come to me in the morning, for my hope is in you: give me knowledge of the way in which I am to go; for my soul is lifted up to you.

  • 14 But I had faith in you, O Lord; I said, You are my God.

  • 43 Take not your true word quite out of my mouth; for I have put my hope in your decisions.

  • 131 My mouth was open wide, waiting with great desire for your teachings.

  • 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 Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God, for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

  • 2 The passion of my soul's desire is for the house of the Lord; my heart and my flesh are crying out for the living God.

  • 1 <Michtam. Of David.> Keep me safe, O God: for in you I have put my faith.