Psalms 39:7
And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope is in thee.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
In Context
8Deliver me from all my transgressions: Make me not the reproach of the foolish.
Cross References
Job 13:15Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.
Psalms 38:15For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.
Psalms 119:81My soul fainteth for thy salvation; [But] I hope in thy word.
Psalms 130:5I wait for Jehovah, my soul doth wait, And in his word do I hope.
Ecclesiastes 4:8There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, [saith he], do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
Romans 15:13Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 39:2-7
Devout Reflections; Brevity and Vanity of Life. 1 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. 2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred. 3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue, 4 Lord , make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as a… Read the whole commentary →