Psalms 27:14

27:14 Rely ¹  on the Lord!

Be strong and confident! ² 

Rely on the Lord!

Psalms 40:1

Psalm 40 ³ 

For the music director; By David, a psalm.

40:1 I relied completely ⁴  on the Lord,

and he turned toward me

and heard my cry for help.

Psalms 48:9-10

48:9 We reflect on your loyal love, O God,

within your temple.

48:10 The praise you receive as far away as the ends of the earth

is worthy of your reputation, O God. ⁵ 

You execute justice! ⁶ 

Psalms 62:1

Psalm 62 ⁷ 

For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David.

62:1 For God alone I patiently wait; ⁸ 

he is the one who delivers me. ⁹ 

Psalms 62:5

62:5 Patiently wait for God alone, my soul! ¹⁰ 

For he is the one who gives me confidence. ¹¹ 

Psalms 123:2-3

123:2 Look, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,

as the eyes of a female servant look to the hand of her mistress, ¹² 

so my eyes will look to the Lord, our God, until he shows us favor.

123:3 Show us favor, O Lord, show us favor!

For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some. ¹³ 

Psalms 130:5-6

130:5 I rely on ¹⁴  the Lord,

I rely on him with my whole being; ¹⁵ 

I wait for his assuring word. ¹⁶ 

130:6 I yearn for the Lord, ¹⁷ 

more than watchmen do for the morning,

yes, more than watchmen do for the morning. ¹⁸ 

Proverbs 18:10

18:10 The name of the Lord ¹⁹  is like ²⁰  a strong tower; ²¹ 

the righteous person runs ²²  to it and is set safely on high. ²³ 

Lamentations 3:25-26

ט (Tet)

3:25 The Lord is good to those who trust ²⁴  in him,

to the one ²⁵  who seeks him.

3:26 It is good to wait patiently ²⁶ 

for deliverance from the Lord. ²⁷ 

[27:14]  ¹ tn Or “wait.”

[27:14]  ² tn Heb “be strong and let your heart be confident.”

[40:1]  ³ sn Psalm 40. The psalmist combines a song of thanksgiving for a recent act of divine deliverance (vv. 1-11) with a confident petition for renewed divine intervention (vv. 12-17).

[40:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “relying, I relied.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verbal form to emphasize the verbal idea. The emphasis is reflected in the translation through the adverb “completely.” Another option is to translate, “I waited patiently” (cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[48:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “like your name, O God, so [is] your praise to the ends of the earth.” Here “name” refers to God’s reputation and revealed character.

[48:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “your right hand is full of justice.” The “right hand” suggests activity and power.

[62:1]  ⁷ sn Psalm 62. The psalmist expresses his unwavering confidence in God’s justice and in his ability to protect his people.

[62:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “only for God [is] there silence [to] my soul.”

[62:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “from him [is] my deliverance.”

[62:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “only for God be silent, my soul.” The wording is similar to that of v. 1a. Here an imperatival form, דּוֹמִּי (dommiy, “be silent”), appears instead of the noun דּוּמִיָּה (dumiyyah, “silence”). The psalmist is encouraging himself to maintain his trust in God.

[62:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “for from him [is] my hope.”

[123:2]  ¹² sn Servants look to their master for food, shelter, and other basic needs.

[123:3]  ¹³ tn Heb “for greatly we are filled [with] humiliation.”

[130:5]  ¹⁴ tn Or “wait for.”

[130:5]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “my soul waits.”

[130:5]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “his word.”

[130:6]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “my soul for the master.”

[130:6]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “more than watchmen for the morning, watchmen for the morning.” The words “yes, more” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[18:10]  ¹⁹ sn The “name of the Lord” is a metonymy of subject. The “name” here signifies not the personal name “Yahweh,” for that would be redundant in the expression “the name of Yahweh,” but the attributes of the Lord (cf. Exod 34:5-7) – here his power to protect.

[18:10]  ²⁰ tn The comparative “like” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is implied by the metaphor; it is supplied for the sake of clarity.

[18:10]  ²¹ tn Heb “a tower of strength,” with “strength” regarded as attributive by most English versions. The metaphor “strong tower” indicates that God is a secure refuge. The figure is qualified in the second colon.

[18:10]  ²² sn The metaphor of “running” to the Lord refers to a whole-hearted and unwavering trust in God’s protection (e.g., Isa 40:31).

[18:10]  ²³ tn Heb “is high” or “is inaccessible.” This military-type expression stresses the effect of the trust – security, being out of danger (see HALOT 1305 s.v. שׂגב). Other scriptures will supply the ways that God actually protects people who trust him.

[3:25]  ²⁴ tn Heb “wait for him”

[3:25]  ²⁵ tn Heb “to the soul…” The term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “soul”) is a synecdoche of part (= “the soul who seeks him”) for the whole person (= “the person who seeks him”).

[3:26]  ²⁶ tn Heb “waiting and silently.” The two adjectives וְיָחִיל וְדוּמָם (vÿyakhil vÿdumam, “waiting and silently”) form a hendiadys: The first functions verbally and the second functions adverbially: “to wait silently.” The adjective דוּמָם (dumam, “silently”) also functions as a metonymy of association, standing for patience or rest (HALOT 217 s.v.). This metonymical nuance is captured well in less literal English versions: “wait in patience” (TEV) and “wait patiently” (CEV, NJPS). The more literal English versions do not express the metonymy as well: “quietly wait” (KJV, NKJV, ASV), “waits silently” (NASB), “wait quietly” (RSV, NRSV, NIV).

[3:26]  ²⁷ tn Heb “deliverance of the Lord.” In the genitive-construct, the genitive יהוה (YHWH, “the Lord”) denotes source, that is, he is the source of the deliverance: “deliverance from the Lord.”