Psalms 39:7

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

⁷And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.⁸Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools. ⁹I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because it is You who have done this. ¹⁰Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand. ¹¹You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah ¹²Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a sojourner like all my fathers. ¹³Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more."

Bible Verse Review
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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 6:2
the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.

Genesis 39:5
From the time that he put Joseph in charge of his household and all he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian's household on account of him. The LORD's blessing was on everything he owned, both in his house and in his field.

Genesis 39:6
So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph's care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,

Genesis 39:12
She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, "Sleep with me!" But leaving his garment in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.

Genesis 39:15
When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house."

Genesis 39:16
So Potiphar's wife kept Joseph's garment beside her until his master came home.

Genesis 39:18
but when I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house."

2 Samuel 13:11
And when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said, "Come, lie with me, my sister!"

Job 31:1
I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?

Psalms 119:37
Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.

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.