Psalms 130:5

I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
wait	קִוִּ֣יתִי ki.Vi.ti	H6960	to bind together (perhaps by twisting) · verb, piel perfect, 1st person common singular
LORD	יְ֭הוָה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
soul	נַפְשִׁ֑י naf.Shi	H5315	properly · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix
wait	קִוְּתָ֣ה ki.ve.Tah	H6960	to bind together (perhaps by twisting) · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
word	וְֽלִדְבָר֥וֹ ve.lid.va.Ro	H1697	a word · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
hope	הוֹחָֽלְתִּי ho.Chal.ti	H3176	to wait · verb, hiphil perfect, 1st person common singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Isaiah 30:18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for t…
Psalms 33:20 Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
Psalms 62:5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
Psalms 119:81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
Psalms 27:14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Isaiah 8:17 And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
Psalms 40:1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
Psalms 62:1 Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 130:5–end

Here, I. The psalmist engages himself to trust in God and to wait for him, Psa 130:5, Psa 130:6. Observe, 1. His dependence upon God, expressed in a climax, it being a a song of degrees, or ascents: "I wait for the Lord; from him I expect relief and comfort, believing it will come, longing till it does come, but patiently bearing the delay of it, and resolving to look for it from no other hand. My soul doth wait; I wait for him in sincerity, and not in profession only. I am an expectant, and it is for the Lord that my soul waits, for the gifts of his grace and the operations of his power." 2. The ground of that dependence: In his word do I hope. We must hope for that only which he has promis…

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John Gill on Psalms 130:5

I wait for the Lord,.... For his gracious presence and the light of his countenance, being in darkness, as well as in the deep; for his salvation and deliverance out of the depths of distress; for an answer of prayer, having cried unto him for application of pardoning grace he had some view and hopes of; and for the performance of promises the Lord had made to him; and for eternal glory and happiness: all which are to be patiently and quietly waited for, God having his set time to do them; and may be confidently expected, since he is gracious and merciful, wise and powerful, faithful and immutable. David might also be waiting for the coming of Christ, as all the Old Testament saints did; thr…

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John Calvin on Psalms 130:5-6

Psalm 130:5-6 5. I have waited for Jehovah, my soul hath waited; and I have hoped in his word. 6. My soul hath waited for the Lord before the watchers of the morning, idea, before the watchers of the mourning. 5. I have waited for Jehovah. After having testified in general that God is ready to show mercy to poor sinners who betake themselves to him, the Psalmist concludes that he is thereby encouraged to entertain good hope. The past tense in the verbs wait and trust is put for the present. I have waited for I wait; I have hoped for I hope. The repetition occurring in the first part of the verse is emphatic; and the word soul gives additional emphasis, implying, as it does, that the Prophe…

The Church Fathers

We therefore trust without fear on the word of Him who cannot deceive. "My soul has trusted in the Lord, from the morning watch even unto night" [Psalm 130:5]. This morning watch is the end of night. We must therefore understand it so that we may not suppose we are to trust in the Lord for one day only. What do you conceive to be the sense, then, brethren? The words mean this: that the Lord, through whom our sins have been remitted, arose from the dead at the morning watch, so that we may hope that what went before in the Lord will take place in us. For our sins have been already forgiven: but we have not yet risen again: if we have not risen again, not as yet has that taken place in us which went before in our Head. What went before in our Head? Because the flesh of that Head rose again; did the Spirit of that Head die? What had died in Him, rose again. Now He arose on the third day; and the Lord as it were thus speaks to us: What you have seen in Me, hope for in yourselves; that is, because I have risen from the dead, you also shall rise again.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 130

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Dictionary and topics

Desire · SPIRITUAL — SPIRITUAL
Seekers · 5:8;8:5,6; — 5:8;8:5,6;
Waiting · With hope in his word — With hope in his word
Waiting Upon God · Should be: With hope in His word — Should be: With hope in His word
Watchmen · Illustrative: (Looking for the morning,) of anxious waiting for God — Illustrative: (Looking for the morning,) of anxious waiting for God

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 130:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 130:5–end

John Gill on Psalms 130:5

John Calvin on Psalms 130:5-6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 130:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 130:5–end

John Gill on Psalms 130:5

John Calvin on Psalms 130:5-6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 130:5–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 130:5

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 130:5