It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait 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.
- BSB It is good to wait quietly 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 37:7Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
- Ps 37:34Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
- Ps 130:5I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
- Heb 10:35Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
- Gen 49:18I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
- 1 Pet 1:13Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
- Isa 30:15For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
- Heb 3:14For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
- Ps 119:166LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
- 2 Chr 20:17Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.
- Ps 119:174I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.
- Ps 52:9I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
- Ps 54:6I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD; for it is good.
- Ps 73:28But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
- Isa 30:7For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
- Gal 4:18But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
- Ps 92:1IT IS A GOOD THING TO GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD, AND TO SING PRAISES UNTO THY NAME, O MOST HIGH:
- Exod 14:13And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
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