"And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him."
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The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.
And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
For this cause the Lord will be waiting, so that he may be kind to you; and he will be lifted up, so that he may have mercy on you; for the Lord is a God of righteousness: there is a blessing on all whose hope is in him.
And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he lift himself up, that he may have mercy upon you; for Jehovah is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious to you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
Therefore will Yahweh wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy on you: for Yahweh is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.
And therefore doth wait Jehovah to favour you, And therefore He is exalted to pity you, For a God of judgment `is' Jehovah, O the blessedness of all waiting for Him.