Psalms 119:166

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says Yahweh, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

You will not need to fight this battle. Set yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed. Go out against them tomorrow, for Yahweh is with you.’ ”

You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.

Why don’t you understand my speech? Because you can’t hear my word.

For I hope in you, Yahweh. You will answer, Lord my God.

I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation.”

I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.

They will call the peoples to the mountain. There they will offer sacrifices of righteousness, for they will draw out the abundance of the seas, the hidden treasures of the sand.”

Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,

Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.

Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.

Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

But I will always hope, and will add to all of your praise.

Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:

Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

Because knowing God, they didn’t glorify him as God, and didn’t give thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened.

Therefore don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh, which he will work for you today; for you will never again see the Egyptians whom you have seen today.

Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.

Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar.

Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us.

My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

Evil men don’t understand justice; but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.

It shall be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is Yahweh! We have waited for him. We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation!”

For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen a God besides you, who works for him who waits for him.

“Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose confidence is in Yahweh.

Yahweh, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you will be disappointed. Those who depart from me will be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Yahweh, the spring of living waters.

But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh.”

But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.”

We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.

Therefore don’t throw away your boldness, which has a great reward.

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness. Put your trust in Yahweh.

What man is he who fears Yahweh? He shall instruct him in the way that he shall choose.

The friendship of Yahweh is with those who fear him. He will show them his covenant.

I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry.

God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.

God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works.

With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.

I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word.

Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors.

My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.

I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight.

I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word.

I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love.

I will wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

Don’t be a terror to me. You are my refuge in the day of evil.

It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.

and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.

Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

He who is of God hears the words of God. For this cause you don’t hear, because you are not of God.”

who will speak to you words by which you will be saved, you and all your house.’

Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.

Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

and in nothing frightened by the adversaries, which is for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that from God.

For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence firm to the end,

having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Therefore since all these things will be destroyed like this, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness,

Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this desire forever in the thoughts of the heart of your people, and prepare their heart for you;

Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish on the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.

Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God’s salvation to him.”

My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.

For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh, my confidence from my youth.

I hate double-minded men, but I love your law.

Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.

“If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,

Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for God’s Kingdom, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body.

(he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was also waiting for God’s Kingdom:

If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.

For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.

For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

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