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Psalm 119:166

I have hoped for your salvation, LORD. I have done your commandments.

164Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.
165Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.
166I have hoped for your salvation, LORD. I have done your commandments.
167My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly.
168I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you. TAV
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Notice

Hope for YHWH’s salvation and obedience to his commandments share one short verse, joining dependence on God with the conduct of a life.

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Where else Scripture says this

9 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 39:7Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.Both prayers direct hope toward the Lord, with Psalm 119 naming his salvation as the object of hope.
Lamentations 3:26It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.Both speak of hope for the LORD's salvation; Lamentations commends quiet waiting, while Psalm 119 also speaks of obedience.
Genesis 49:18I have waited for your salvation, LORD.Both address the LORD with the words “your salvation,” expressing hope in Psalm 119 and waiting in Genesis.
Psalm 71:5For you are my hope, Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.Both address the Lord as the source of hope; Psalm 71 describes confidence in him reaching back to youth.
Psalm 119:81My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.Both link hope with God's salvation, while verse 81 adds faintness of soul and hope in his word.
Psalm 119:174I have longed for your salvation, LORD. Your law is my delight.Both pair desire for the LORD's salvation with regard for his instruction: obedience in verse 166 and delight in verse 174.
John 7:17If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God or if I am speaking from myself.Both concern doing God's will: the psalm speaks of commandments obeyed, while John speaks of the desire to do his will.
1 John 2:3–4This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.Both name keeping God's commandments; John connects that obedience with knowing him, while the psalm joins it with hope.
1 Chronicles 29:18LORD, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this desire forever in the thoughts of the heart of your people, and prepare their heart …Both address the LORD; one speaks of obedience, while the other asks for hearts prepared for him.
Where this verse fits

Waiting. fear for the future. temptation.

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Encouragement

You do not need to treat waiting as empty time. In this verse, hope rests in YHWH’s salvation, and obedience has a place in the waiting.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).