It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.
- KJV It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
- NKJV It is good that one should hope and wait quietly For the salvation of the Lord.
- NASB It is good that he waits silently For the salvation of the Lord.
- NLT So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the Lord.
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Quick answer
It is good to hope and quietly wait for the LORD's salvation. It commends patient, trusting hope as the right response to suffering.
Overview
The passage culminates in calm confidence: it is 'good' to hope and 'quietly wait' for God's deliverance. Such quiet waiting is not resignation but settled trust that God will save in his time. This salvation is ultimately accomplished in Christ, in whom the believer waits with sure hope for full and final deliverance (Romans 8:24-25).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 18
- Ps 37:7Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
- Ps 37:34Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
- Ps 130:5I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.
- Heb 10:35So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.
- Gen 49:18I await Your salvation, O LORD.
- 1 Pet 1:13Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
- Isa 30:15For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence—but you were not willing.”
- Heb 3:14We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.
- Ps 119:166I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I carry out Your commandments.
- 2 Chr 20:17You need not fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out and face them tomorrow, for the LORD is with you.’”
- Ps 119:174I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.
- Ps 52:9I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name—for it is good—in the presence of Your saints.
- Ps 54:6Freely I will sacrifice to You; I will praise Your name, O LORD, for it is good.
- Ps 73:28But as for me, it is good to draw near to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may proclaim all Your works.
- Isa 30:7Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.
- Gal 4:18Nevertheless, it is good to be zealous if it serves a noble purpose—at any time, and not only when I am with you.
- Ps 92:1A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High,
- Exod 14:13But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again.
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