the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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THE MESSAGE
Psalms 39:7
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“Now, Lord, what do I wait for?My hope is in you.
Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.
And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
"And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you.
"So, Lord, what hope do I have? You are my hope.
But now, O Lord, upon what am I relying? You are my only hope!
"And now, Lord, for what do I expectantly wait? My hope [my confident expectation] is in You.
"And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.
Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.
And now Lord, what wait I for? mine hope is euen in thee.
"And now, Lord, what do I hope in?My expectation is in You.
And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.
"What am I waiting for? I depend on you, Lord!
Humans go about like shadows; their turmoil is all for nothing. They accumulate wealth, not knowing who will enjoy its benefits.
And now, what wait I for, Lord? my hope is in thee.
So, Lord, what hope do I have? You are my hope!
Henceforth, what is my hope except in thee, O LORD?
What, then, can I hope for, Lord? I put my hope in you.
And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is for you.
And now what do I await, Lord? My hope is in You.
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.
And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope is in thee.
And now, Lord, what am I waiting for? my hope is in you.
Surely man walketh as a mere semblance; surely for vanity they are in turmoil;
And now Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
And nowe Lord what wayte I after? truely my hope is euen in thee.
And now what is my expectation? is it not the Lord? and my ground of hope is with thee. Pause.
And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
And now which is myn abiding? whether not the Lord? and my substaunce is at thee.
And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.
And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope [is] in thee.
"And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You.
And so, Lord, where do I put my hope? My only hope is in you.
And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You.
"And now, O Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.
Now, therefore, for what have I waited, O My Lord? My hope, is, in thee.
(38-8) And now what is my hope? is it not the Lord? and my substance is with thee.
"And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in thee.
And, now, what have I expected? O Lord, my hope -- it [is] of Thee.
"And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.
Contextual Overview
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
She kept his coat right there until his master came home. She told him the same story. She said, "The Hebrew slave, the one you brought to us, came after me and tried to use me for his plaything. When I yelled and screamed, he left his coat with me and ran outside."
Some time later, this happened: Absalom, David's son, had a sister who was very attractive. Her name was Tamar. Amnon, also David's son, was in love with her. Amnon was obsessed with his sister Tamar to the point of making himself sick over her. She was a virgin, so he couldn't see how he could get his hands on her. Amnon had a good friend, Jonadab, the son of David's brother Shimeah. Jonadab was exceptionally streetwise. He said to Amnon, "Why are you moping around like this, day after day—you, the son of the king! Tell me what's eating at you." "In a word, Tamar," said Amnon. "My brother Absalom's sister. I'm in love with her." "Here's what you do," said Jonadab. "Go to bed and pretend you're sick. When your father comes to visit you, say, ‘Have my sister Tamar come and prepare some supper for me here where I can watch her and she can feed me.'" So Amnon took to his bed and acted sick. When the king came to visit, Amnon said, "Would you do me a favor? Have my sister Tamar come and make some nourishing dumplings here where I can watch her and be fed by her." David sent word to Tamar who was home at the time: "Go to the house of your brother Amnon and prepare a meal for him." So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house. She took dough, kneaded it, formed it into dumplings, and cooked them while he watched from his bed. But when she took the cooking pot and served him, he wouldn't eat. Amnon said, "Clear everyone out of the house," and they all cleared out. Then he said to Tamar, "Bring the food into my bedroom, where we can eat in privacy." She took the nourishing dumplings she had prepared and brought them to her brother Amnon in his bedroom. But when she got ready to feed him, he grabbed her and said, "Come to bed with me, sister!"
"I made a solemn pact with myself never to undress a girl with my eyes. So what can I expect from God? What do I deserve from God Almighty above? Isn't calamity reserved for the wicked? Isn't disaster supposed to strike those who do wrong? Isn't God looking, observing how I live? Doesn't he mark every step I take?
Wise friends will rescue you from the Temptress— that smooth-talking Seductress Who's faithless to the husband she married years ago, never gave a second thought to her promises before God. Her whole way of life is doomed; every step she takes brings her closer to hell. No one who joins her company ever comes back, ever sets foot on the path to real living.
She threw her arms around him and kissed him, boldly took his arm and said, "I've got all the makings for a feast— today I made my offerings, my vows are all paid, So now I've come to find you, hoping to catch sight of your face—and here you are! I've spread fresh, clean sheets on my bed, colorful imported linens. My bed is aromatic with spices and exotic fragrances. Come, let's make love all night, spend the night in ecstatic lovemaking! My husband's not home; he's away on business, and he won't be back for a month."
"‘And then you went international with your whoring. You fornicated with the Egyptians, seeking them out in their sex orgies. The more promiscuous you became, the angrier I got. Finally, I intervened, reduced your borders and turned you over to the rapacity of your enemies. Even the Philistine women—can you believe it?—were shocked at your sluttish life.
"‘Wives who are unfaithful to their husbands accept gifts from their lovers. And men commonly pay their whores. But you pay your lovers! You bribe men from all over to come to bed with you! You're just the opposite of the regular whores who get paid for sex. Instead, you pay men for their favors! You even pervert whoredom!
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 âWhat wait I for?â 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.
