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Psalm 39:7

Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.

5Behold, you have made my days hand widths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah.
6“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.
7Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.
8Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish.
9I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it.
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Notice

“Now, Lord” marks a turn from life's brevity and uncertain gains toward God, raising the question of where your hope rests when so little lasts.

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Where else Scripture says this

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Romans 15:13Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.Both locate hope in God: the psalm declares trust in him, and Romans asks the God of hope to fill believers.
Psalm 38:15For I hope in you, LORD. You will answer, Lord my God.Both prayers declare hope in the Lord, with Psalm 38 also expressing confidence that he will answer.
Psalm 119:81My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.Both direct hope toward God, while Psalm 119 names his word as the ground of hope amid longing for salvation.
Isaiah 8:17I will wait for the LORD, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.Both connect waiting with turning toward the Lord, though Isaiah names the hardship of God hiding his face.
Lamentations 3:25The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.Both turn waiting toward the Lord; Lamentations declares his goodness to those who wait for him and seek him.
Genesis 49:18I have waited for your salvation, LORD.Both address the Lord in their waiting, with Genesis naming salvation as what is awaited.
Psalm 119:166I have hoped for your salvation, LORD. I have done your commandments.Both confess hope directed toward the Lord, while Psalm 119 also names salvation and obedience to his commandments.
Job 13:15Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.Both speak about hope in relation to God, though Job voices hopelessness where the psalm declares trust.
Psalm 71:5For you are my hope, Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.Both name the Lord as their hope, with Psalm 71 looking back on confidence in him from youth.
Luke 2:25Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was …Both describe expectant waiting: the psalm directs hope toward the Lord, and Simeon looks for the consolation of Israel.
Where this verse fits

Waiting. aging. fear for the future.

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One step

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Encouragement

Hope in God can be spoken while life's brevity still troubles you. The prayer continues into a plea for deliverance; its confidence rests in the Lord.

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