Psalms 39:7

Easy-to-Read Version

So, Lord, what hope do I have? You are my hope!

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Now, Lord, what do I wait for?My hope is in you.

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

King James Version
And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

English Standard Version
"And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you.

New Century Version
"So, Lord, what hope do I have? You are my hope.

New English Translation
But now, O Lord, upon what am I relying? You are my only hope!

Amplified Bible
"And now, Lord, for what do I expectantly wait? My hope [my confident expectation] is in You.

New American Standard Bible
"And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.

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

Geneva Bible (1587)
And now Lord, what wait I for? mine hope is euen in thee.

Legacy Standard Bible
"And now, Lord, what do I hope in?My expectation is in You.

Berean Standard Bible
And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.

Contemporary English Version
"What am I waiting for? I depend on you, Lord!

Complete Jewish Bible
Humans go about like shadows; their turmoil is all for nothing. They accumulate wealth, not knowing who will enjoy its benefits.

Darby Translation
And now, what wait I for, Lord? my hope is in thee.

George Lamsa Translation
Henceforth, what is my hope except in thee, O LORD?

Good News Translation
What, then, can I hope for, Lord? I put my hope in you.

Lexham English Bible
And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is for you.

Literal Translation
And now what do I await, Lord? My hope is in You.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Sela. Yee euery man walketh as it were a shadowe, and disquieteth him self in vayne: he heapeth vp riches, and can not tell to whom he gathereth them.

American Standard Version
And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope is in thee.

Bible in Basic English
And now, Lord, what am I waiting for? my hope is in you.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Surely man walketh as a mere semblance; surely for vanity they are in turmoil;

King James Version (1611)
And now Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And nowe Lord what wayte I after? truely my hope is euen in thee.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And now what is my expectation? is it not the Lord? and my ground of hope is with thee. Pause.

English Revised Version
And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And now which is myn abiding? whether not the Lord? and my substaunce is at thee.

Update Bible Version
And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.

Webster's Bible Translation
And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope [is] in thee.

New King James Version
"And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You.

New Living Translation
And so, Lord, where do I put my hope? My only hope is in you.

New Life Bible
And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You.

New Revised Standard
"And now, O Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, therefore, for what have I waited, O My Lord? My hope, is, in thee.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(38-8) And now what is my hope? is it not the Lord? and my substance is with thee.

Revised Standard Version
"And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in thee.

Young's Literal Translation
And, now, what have I expected? O Lord, my hope -- it [is] of Thee.

THE MESSAGE
"What am I doing in the meantime, Lord? Hoping, that's what I'm doing—hoping You'll save me from a rebel life, save me from the contempt of dunces. I'll say no more, I'll shut my mouth, since you, Lord, are behind all this. But I can't take it much longer. When you put us through the fire to purge us from our sin, our dearest idols go up in smoke. Are we also nothing but smoke?

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.

Contextual Overview

⁷ So, Lord, what hope do I have? You are my hope! ⁸ Save me from the bad things I did. Don't let me be treated like a fool. ⁹ I will not open my mouth. I will not say anything. You did what should have been done. ¹⁰ But please stop punishing me. You will destroy me if you do not stop. ¹¹ You punish people for doing wrong to teach them the right way to live. As a moth destroys cloth, you destroy what people love. Yes, our lives are like a small cloud that quickly disappears. Selah ¹² Lord , hear my prayer! Listen to the words I cry to you. Look at my tears. I am only a traveler passing through this life with you. Like all my ancestors, I will live here only a short time. ¹³ Leave me alone and let me be happy before I am dead and gone.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

what wait: Psalms 130:5, Psalms 130:6, Genesis 49:18, Luke 2:25

hope: Psalms 38:15, Psalms 119:81, Psalms 119:166, Job 13:15, Romans 15:13

Reciprocal: Psalms 62:5 - my Psalms 69:3 - I wait Psalms 71:5 - For thou Psalms 146:5 - whose Proverbs 11:23 - desire Ecclesiastes 2:20 - General Isaiah 8:17 - I will Lamentations 3:25 - good Matthew 13:45 - seeking

Cross-References

Genesis 39:5
After Joseph was made the ruler over the house, the Lord blessed the house and everything that Potiphar owned. The Lord also blessed everything that grew in Potiphar's fields. The Lord did this because of Joseph.

Genesis 39:6
So Potiphar allowed Joseph to take responsibility for everything in the house. Potiphar didn't have to worry about anything except deciding what to eat. Joseph was a very handsome, good-looking man.

Genesis 39:12
His master's wife grabbed his coat and said to him, "Come to bed with me." But Joseph ran out of the house so fast that he left his coat in her hand.

Genesis 39:15
My scream scared him and he ran away, but he left his coat with me."

Genesis 39:16
Then she kept his coat until her husband, Joseph's master, came home.

Genesis 39:18
But when he came near me, I screamed. He ran away, but he left his coat."

2 Samuel 13:11
She started to feed Amnon, but he grabbed her hand. He said to her, "Sister, come and sleep with me."

Job 31:1
"I made an agreement with my eyes not to look at a young woman in a way that would make me want her.

Psalms 119:37
Don't let me look at worthless things. Help me live your way.

Proverbs 2:16
Wisdom will save you from that other woman, another man's wife, who tempts you with sweet words.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And now, Lord, what wait I for?.... Look for, or expect, in this view of things? not long life, since the days of man are so short, and his age as nothing; not help from man, since he is altogether vanity; not riches and honour, since they are such poor, fading, perishing things; but the glories of another world, and the enjoyment of the Lord himself, both in this and that;

my hope [is] in thee; the psalmist now returns to himself, and comes to his right mind, and to a right way of judging and acting; making the Lord the object of his hope and trust, expecting all good things, grace and glory, alone from him; and this is the hope which makes not ashamed.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And now, Lord, what wait I for? - From the consideration of a vain world - of the fruitless efforts of man - of what so perplexed, embarrassed, and troubled him - the psalmist now turns to God, and looks to him as the source of consolation. Turning to Him, he gains more cheerful views of life. The expression “What wait I for?” means, what do I now expect or hope for; on what is my hope based; where do I find any cheerful, comforting views in regard to life? He had found none in the contemplation of the world itself, in man and his pursuits; in the course of things so shadowy and so mysterious; and he says now, that he turns to God to find comfort in his perplexities.

My hope is in thee - In thee alone. My reliance is on thee; my expectation is from thee. It is not from what I see in the world; it is not in my power of solving the mysteries which surround me; it is not that I can see the reason why these shadows are pursuing shadows so eagerly around me; it is in the God that made all, the Ruler over all, that can control all, and that can accomplish His own great purposes in connection even with these moving shadows, and that can confer on man thus vain in himself and in his pursuits that which will be valuable and permanent. The idea is, that the contemplation of a world so vain, so shadowy, so mysterious, should lead us away from all expectation of finding in that world what we need, or finding a solution of the questions which so much perplex us, up to the great God who is infinitely wise, and who can meet all the necessities of our immortal nature; and who, in his own time, can solve all these mysteries.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 39:7. And now, Lord, what wait I for? — Have I any object of pursuit in life, but to regain thy favour and thine image.