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Psalm 130:5

I wait for the LORD. My soul waits. I hope in his word.

3If you, LORD, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?
4But there is forgiveness with you, therefore you are feared.
5I wait for the LORD. My soul waits. I hope in his word.
6My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.
7Israel, hope in the LORD, for there is loving kindness with the LORD. Abundant redemption is with him.
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Notice

The repeated waiting reaches into the soul, while the last sentence names God's word as the ground of hope before any relief is described.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Psalm 27:14Wait for the LORD. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for the LORD.Both repeat the act of waiting for the LORD; Psalm 27 adds a command for the heart to take courage.
Isaiah 30:18Therefore the LORD will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for the LORD is a God of …Both speak of waiting for the LORD; Isaiah declares those who wait for him blessed and describes his mercy and justice.
Psalm 33:20Our soul has waited for the LORD. He is our help and our shield.Both describe the soul waiting for the LORD; Psalm 33 names him as help and shield.
Psalm 119:81My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.Both join the soul's longing with hope in God's word, and Psalm 119 names salvation as the object of longing.
Psalm 62:5My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.Both connect the soul's waiting with expectation directed toward God; Psalm 62 specifies silence and dependence on God alone.
Isaiah 8:17I will wait for the LORD, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.Both speakers resolve to wait for the LORD; Isaiah makes that resolve while God hides his face from Jacob.
Lamentations 3:26It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.Both connect hope with waiting for the LORD; Lamentations describes quiet waiting for his salvation as good.
Genesis 49:18I have waited for your salvation, LORD.Both voice personal waiting directed toward the LORD; Genesis names his salvation as what is awaited.
Isaiah 26:8Yes, in the way of your judgments, LORD, we have waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.Both speak of waiting for the LORD with the soul engaged; Isaiah names God's name and renown as its desire.
Galatians 5:5For we through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.Both connect waiting with hope; Galatians describes waiting through the Spirit, by faith, for the hope of righteousness.
Luke 2:38Coming up at that very hour, she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of him to all those who were looking for redemption in Jerusalem.Waiting links these passages: the psalmist hopes in God's word, while Luke describes people looking for redemption in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 64:4For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen a God besides you, who works for him who waits for him.Both speak of waiting for God; Isaiah adds that God works for the person who waits for him.
Where this verse fits

Waiting. feeling distant from God. guilt and confession.

What the Bible says about patience →What the Bible says about doubt →What the Bible says about guilt →
One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Read Psalm 130:3–7 and mark what supports hope

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Encouragement

The soul in this psalm still waits. Hope has a place to rest during that wait: the word of YHWH, with whom there is forgiveness.

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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).