I wait for thy salvation, O Lord.

And Moses said to the people, “Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today; for the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again.

The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

“But Jesh′urun waxed fat, and kicked; you waxed fat, you grew thick, you became sleek; then he forsook God who made him, and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.

Hannah’s Prayer

Hannah also prayed and said, “My heart exults in the Lord; my strength is exalted in the Lord. My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice in thy salvation.

my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge, my savior; thou savest me from violence.

Thou hast given me the shield of thy salvation, and thy help made me great.

“The Lord lives; and blessed be my rock, and exalted be my God, the rock of my salvation,

Sing to the Lord, all the earth! Tell of his salvation from day to day.

Say also: “Deliver us, O God of our salvation, and gather and save us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.

“And now arise, O Lord God, and go to thy resting place, thou and the ark of thy might. Let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in thy goodness.

upon one day throughout all the provinces of King Ahasu-e′rus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar.

The Decree of Ahasu-erus

The following is a copy of this letter: “The Great King, Ahasu-e′rus, to the rulers of the provinces from India to Ethiopia, one hundred and twenty-seven satrapies, and to those who are loyal to our government, greeting. “The more often they are honored by the too great kindness of their benefactors, the more proud do many men become. They not only seek to injure our subjects, but in their inability to stand prosperity they even undertake to scheme against their own benefactors. They not only take away thankfulness from among men, but, carried away by the boasts of those who know nothing of goodness, they suppose that they will escape the evil-hating justice of God, who always sees everything. And often many of those who are set in places of authority have been made in part responsible for the shedding of innocent blood, and have been involved in irremediable calamities, by the persuasion of friends who have been entrusted with the administration of public affairs, when these men by the false trickery of their evil natures beguile the sincere good will of their sovereigns. “What has been wickedly accomplished through the pestilent behavior of those who exercise authority unworthily, can be seen not so much from the more ancient records which we hand on as from investigation of matters close at hand. For the future we will take care to render our kingdom quiet and peaceable for all men, by changing our methods and always judging what comes before our eyes with more equitable consideration. For Haman, the son of Hammeda′tha, a Macedo′nian (really an alien to the Persian blood, and quite devoid of our kindliness), having become our guest, so far enjoyed the good will that we have for every nation that he was called our father and was continually bowed down to by all as the person second to the royal throne. But, unable to restrain his arrogance, he undertook to deprive us of our kingdom and our life, and with intricate craft and deceit asked for the destruction of Mor′decai, our savior and perpetual benefactor, and of Esther, the blameless partner of our kingdom, together with their whole nation. He thought that in this way he would find us undefended and would transfer the kingdom of the Persians to the Macedo′nians. “But we find that the Jews, who were consigned to annihilation by this thrice accursed man, are not evildoers but are governed by most righteous laws and are sons of the Most High, the most mighty living God, who has directed the kingdom both for us and for our fathers in the most excellent order. “You will therefore do well not to put in execution the letters sent by Haman the son of Hammeda′tha, because the man himself who did these things has been hanged at the gate of Susa, with all his household. For God, who rules over all things, has speedily inflicted on him the punishment he deserved. “Therefore post a copy of this letter publicly in every place, and permit the Jews to live under their own laws. And give them reinforcements, so that on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, Adar, on that very day they may defend themselves against those who attack them at the time of their affliction. For God, who rules over all things, has made this day to be a joy to his chosen people instead of a day of destruction for them. “Therefore you shall observe this with all good cheer as a notable day among your commemorative festivals, so that both now and hereafter it may mean salvation for us and the loyal Persians, but that for those who plot against us it may be a reminder of destruction. “Every city and country, without exception, which does not act accordingly, shall be destroyed in wrath with spear and fire. It shall be made not only impassable for men, but also most hateful for all time to beasts and birds.”

This will be my salvation, that a godless man shall not come before him.

then man prays to God, and he accepts him, he comes into his presence with joy. He recounts to men his salvation,

But I have trusted in thy steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Thou hast given me the shield of thy salvation, and thy right hand supported me, and thy help made me great.

The Lord lives; and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation,

He will receive blessing from the Lord, and vindication from the God of his salvation.

Lead me in thy truth, and teach me, for thou art the God of my salvation; for thee I wait all the day long.

Triumphant Song of Confidence

A Psalm of David

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Hide not thy face from me. Turn not thy servant away in anger, thou who hast been my help. Cast me not off, forsake me not, O God of my salvation!

O continue thy steadfast love to those who know thee, and thy salvation to the upright of heart!

The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; he is their refuge in the time of trouble.

Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!

I have not hid thy saving help within my heart, I have spoken of thy faithfulness and thy salvation; I have not concealed thy steadfast love and thy faithfulness from the great congregation.

But may all who seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee; may those who love thy salvation say continually, “Great is the Lord!”

He who brings thanksgiving as his sacrifice honors me; to him who orders his way aright I will show the salvation of God!”

Restore to me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of thy deliverance.

Song of Trust in God Alone

To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.

He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly moved.

He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken.

By dread deeds thou dost answer us with deliverance, O God of our salvation, who art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of the farthest seas;

Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation.Selah

Our God is a God of salvation; and to God, the Lord, belongs escape from death.

But I am afflicted and in pain; let thy salvation, O God, set me on high!

May all who seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee! May those who love thy salvation say evermore, “God is great!”

My mouth will tell of thy righteous acts, of thy deeds of salvation all the day, for their number is past my knowledge.

Yet God my King is from of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name; deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name’s sake!

Restore us again, O God of our salvation, and put away thy indignation toward us!

Show us thy steadfast love, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation.

Surely his salvation is at hand for those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.

He shall cry to me, ‘Thou art my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’

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

A Call to Worship and Obedience

O come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!

Sing to the Lord, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day.

I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord,

The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.

I thank thee that thou hast answered me and hast become my salvation.

Let thy steadfast love come to me, O Lord, thy salvation according to thy promise;

My soul languishes for thy salvation; I hope in thy word.

My eyes fail with watching for thy salvation, and for the fulfilment of thy righteous promise.

Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek thy statutes.

I hope for thy salvation, O Lord, and I do thy commandments.

I long for thy salvation, O Lord, and thy law is my delight.

Her priests I will clothe with salvation, and her saints will shout for joy.

When they see him, they will be shaken with dreadful fear, and they will be amazed at his unexpected salvation.

A multitude of wise men is the salvation of the world, and a sensible king is the stability of his people.

“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”

With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

For you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not remembered the Rock of your refuge; therefore, though you plant pleasant plants and set out slips of an alien god,

It will be said on that day, “Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the Lord; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”

Judah’s Song of Victory

In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city; he sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks.

O Lord, be gracious to us; we wait for thee. Be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble.

and he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is his treasure.

“Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the skies rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation may sprout forth, and let it cause righteousness to spring up also; I the Lord have created it.

But Israel is saved by the Lord with everlasting salvation; you shall not be put to shame or confounded to all eternity.

I bring near my deliverance, it is not far off, and my salvation will not tarry; I will put salvation in Zion, for Israel my glory.”

he says: “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved of Israel; I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

Zion’s Children to Be Brought Home

Thus says the Lord: “In a time of favor I have answered you, in a day of salvation I have helped you; I have kept you and given you as a covenant to the people, to establish the land, to apportion the desolate heritages;

My deliverance draws near speedily, my salvation has gone forth, and my arms will rule the peoples; the coastlands wait for me, and for my arm they hope.

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and they who dwell in it will die like gnats; but my salvation will be for ever, and my deliverance will never be ended.

For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my deliverance will be for ever, and my salvation to all generations.”

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good tidings, who publishes peace, who brings good tidings of good, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”

The Lord has bared his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

The Covenant Extended to All Who Obey

Thus says the Lord: “Keep justice, and do righteousness, for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed.

We all growl like bears, we moan and moan like doves; we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.

He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped himself in fury as a mantle.

Violence shall no more be heard in your land, devastation or destruction within your borders; you shall call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise.

I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

The Vindication and Salvation of Zion

For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her vindication goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch.

Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the end of the earth: Say to the daughter of Zion, “Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.”

Truly the hills are a delusion, the orgies on the mountains. Truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.

It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.

For as the neighbors of Zion have now seen your capture, so they soon will see your salvation by God, which will come to you with great glory and with the splendor of the Everlasting.

For he who brought these calamities upon you will bring you everlasting joy with your salvation.”

Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain salvation upon you.

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

Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, for the salvation of thy anointed. Thou didst crush the head of the wicked, laying him bare from thigh to neck. Selah

yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,

to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins,

for mine eyes have seen thy salvation

and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.”

And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham.

You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

“Brethren, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you that fear God, to us has been sent the message of this salvation.

For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, ‘I have set you to be a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.’”

She followed Paul and us, crying, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.”

Let it be known to you then that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen.”

The Power of the Gospel

For I am not ashamed of the gospel: it is the power of God for salvation to every one who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

Salvation Is for All

Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on the law shall live by it.

The Salvation of the Gentiles

So I ask, have they stumbled so as to fall? By no means! But through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous.

An Urgent Appeal

Besides this you know what hour it is, how it is full time now for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed;

If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer.

For he says, “At the acceptable time I have listened to you, and helped you on the day of salvation.” Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death.

In him you also, who have heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and have believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a clear omen to them of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God.

Shining as Lights in the World

Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

But, since we belong to the day, let us be sober, and put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.

For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Chosen for Salvation

But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.

Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which in Christ Jesus goes with eternal glory.

and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings which are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

For the grace of God has appeared for the salvation of all men,

Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to serve, for the sake of those who are to obtain salvation?

how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard him,

For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through suffering.

and being made perfect he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,

Though we speak thus, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things that belong to salvation.

who by God’s power are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

As the outcome of your faith you obtain the salvation of your souls.

The prophets who prophesied of the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired about this salvation;

Like newborn babes, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up to salvation;

And count the forbearance of our Lord as salvation. So also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given him,

Occasion of the Letter

Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb!”

And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.

The Rejoicing in Heaven

After this I heard what seemed to be the mighty voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,