Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsWait for Jehovah: Be strong, and let thy heart take courage; Yea, wait thou for Jehovah.
Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!
Look unto Jehovah--be strong, And He doth strengthen thy heart, Yea, look unto Jehovah!
Wait for Jehovah; be strong and let thy heart take courage: yea, wait for Jehovah.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentPsalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.
- Author
- David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
- Date
- Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.