I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I carry out Your commandments.
Parallel translations
- WEB I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh. I have done your commandments.
- KJV LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
- NKJV Lord, I hope for Your salvation, And I do Your commandments.
- NASB I hope for Your salvation, Lord, And do Your commandments.
- NLT I long for your rescue, Lord, so I have obeyed your commands.
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Quick answer
He has hoped for God's salvation while doing His commandments. Hope in God's deliverance and obedience to His Word belong together.
Overview
The psalmist holds two things together: patient hope in God's salvation and faithful practice of His commandments. He waits for what God will do while walking in what God has said. This blend of forward-looking hope and present obedience finds its fulfillment in the gospel, where those who trust Christ both await His salvation and follow Him.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Gen 49:18I await Your salvation, O LORD.
- Ps 119:174I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.
- Ps 119:81My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
- Ps 50:23He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rights his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
- John 7:17If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
- Ps 130:5–7I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.
- 1 Jn 2:3–4By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
- Ps 24:3–5Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in His holy place?
- Ps 4:5Offer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the LORD.
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