Psalms 39:7 · KJV
“And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope {is} in thee.”
— Psalms 39:7
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up {riches}, and knoweth not who shall gather them. {a vain...: Heb. an image}
Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
Psalms 39 — Context
Behold, thou hast made my days {as} an handbreadth; and mine age {is} as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state {is} altogether vanity. Selah. {at...: Heb. settled}
6Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up {riches}, and knoweth not who shall gather them. {a vain...: Heb. an image}
7And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope {is} in thee.
8Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst {it}.
Cross References
Romans 15:13
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Psalms 38:15
For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. {in...: or, thee do I wait for} {hear: or, answer}
Psalms 119:81
CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: {but} I hope in thy word.
Genesis 49:18
I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
Psalms 119:166
LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
Job 13:15
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. {maintain: Heb. prove, or, argue}
Psalms 130:5-6
I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
Luke 2:25
And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name {was} Simeon; and the same man {was} just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.