Psalms 119:74

Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by your name, Yahweh, God of Armies.

God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?

You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance.

But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.

A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.

After these things Yahweh’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”

Our soul has waited for Yahweh. He is our help and our shield.

For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.

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

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

For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

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

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

Yes, in the way of your judgments, Yahweh, we have waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.

The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever.”

But let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness in the earth, for I delight in these things,” says Yahweh.

Yahweh, in the morning you will hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.

I will sing to Yahweh, because he has been good to me.

Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.

Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.

You count my wanderings. You put my tears into your container. Aren’t they in your book?

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

My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.

The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.

They will perish, but you will endure. Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.

Let my meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh.

Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever.

My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.

Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.

The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

but the Lord’s word endures forever.” This is the word of Good News which was preached to you.

I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.

Moses commanded us a law, an inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.

Now, Yahweh God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, confirm it forever, and do as you have spoken.

For in the day of trouble, he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the secret place of his tabernacle, he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.

My soul shall boast in Yahweh. The humble shall hear of it and be glad.

Let those who favor my righteous cause shout for joy and be glad. Yes, let them say continually, “May Yahweh be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!”

In God we have made our boast all day long, we will give thanks to your name forever.

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

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

I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.

I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.

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

Revive me, Yahweh, for your name’s sake. In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.

who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners.

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.

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens will vanish away like smoke, and the earth will wear out like a garment. Its inhabitants will die in the same way, but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will not be abolished.

But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.

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.

Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me.

that, as it is written, “He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.”

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.

You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.

Now, Yahweh, let the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, be established forever, and do as you have spoken.

On that night, the king couldn’t sleep. He commanded the book of records of the chronicles to be brought, and they were read to the king.

Come and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.

He remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes.

Fulfill your promise to your servant, that you may be feared.

So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word.

Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope.

I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.

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

I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh. I have done your commandments.

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

I was glad when they said to me, “Let’s go to Yahweh’s house!”

Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.

For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.

Who among you fears Yahweh and obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness and has no light, let him trust in Yahweh’s name, and rely on his God.

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.

I listened and heard, but they didn’t say what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, saying, “What have I done?” Everyone turns to his course, as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle.

Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the sky give showers? Aren’t you he, Yahweh our God? Therefore we will wait for you; for you have made all these things.

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

Early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went out, and departed into a deserted place, and prayed there.

He didn’t allow him, but said to him, “Go to your house, to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you.”

Coming up at that very hour, she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of him to all those who were looking for redemption in Jerusalem.

“Return to your house, and declare what great things God has done for you.” He went his way, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.

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

God has spoken from his sanctuary: “In triumph, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.

Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.

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

I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.

Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will surround me, for you will be good to me.

Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened, and heard, and a book of memory was written before him, for those who feared Yahweh, and who honored his name.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.