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For in Thee, O Lord, do I hope; Thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.
For in You, O Lord, I hope; You will answer, O Lord my God.
For in You, O Lord, do I hope; You will answer, O Lord my God.
For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
For I put my hope in you, Lord; you will answer me, my Lord, my God.
But I wait for you, Lord! You will answer, my Lord, my God!
Yes, I’ve become like a man who doesn’t hear and in whose mouth are no defenses.
I trust you, Lord God, and you will do something.
For in thee, Jehovah, do I hope: *thou* wilt answer, O Lord my God.
Lord, you must defend me. Lord my God, you must speak for me.
Yes, Lord, I wait for you to help me! I believe that you will answer me, my Lord and my God.
Yet I wait for you, Lord. You will answer, O Lord my God.
But for you, O Lord, do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.
But for you, O Lord, do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.
I ·trust [hope in; wait for] you, Lord. You will answer, my Lord and God.
For on thee, O Lord, do I wait: thou wilt hear me, my Lord, my God.
But I wait with hope for you, O Lord. You will answer, O Lord, my God.
But I trust in you, O Lord; and you, O Lord my God, will answer me.
I put my hope in You, Lord; You will answer, Lord my God.
I trust you, Lord. You will answer, my God and Lord.
Because I have placed my hope in you, Lord, you will answer, Lord, my God.
For thee, O LORD, do I wait; thou wilt respond, O Lord my God.
For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
For I wait on You, O Yahweh; You will answer, O Lord my God.
Rather for you I wait, O Yahweh. You will answer, O Lord my God.
For I am waiting for you, O Lord my God. Come and protect me.
Lord, my longings are sitting in plain sight, my groans an old story to you. My heart’s about to break; I’m a burned-out case. Cataracts blind me to God and good; old friends avoid me like the plague. My cousins never visit, my neighbors stab me in the back. My competitors blacken my name, devoutly they pray for my ruin. But I’m deaf and mute to it all, ears shut, mouth shut. I don’t hear a word they say, don’t speak a word in response. What I do, God, is wait for you, wait for my Lord, my God—you will answer! I wait and pray so they won’t laugh me off, won’t smugly strut off when I stumble.
For in You, O Lord, do I hope; You will answer, O Lord my God.
But I wait with hope for you, O Yahweh. You will answer, O Adonay, my Elohim.
I am even like someone who does not hear, who has no answer ready.
For I wait for You, Lord; You will answer, Lord my God.
For I hope in You, O Lord; You will answer, O Lord my God.
I am like one who hears nothing and has no answer to offer.
I trust you, Lord. You will answer, my Lord and God.
Yet I wait for you, O Lord! You will respond, O Lord, my God!
Lord, I wait for you to help me. Lord my God, I know you will answer.
Lord, I wait for you; you will answer, Lord my God.
Lord, I wait for you; you will answer, Lord my God.
For in You, O Lord, I hope; You will hear, O Lord my God.
For I hope in You, O Lord. You will answer, O Lord my God.
For I am waiting for you, O Lord. You must answer for me, O Lord my God.
But it is for you, O Lord, that I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.
But it is for you, O Lord, that I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.
But it is for you, O Lord, that I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.
But it is for you, O Lord, that I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.
For I wait for Thee, Hashem; Thou wilt hear, Adonoi Elohai.
For on You, O LORD, I wait. You will hear, my LORD. My God.
But for thee, O Lord, do I wait; it is thou, O Lord my God, who wilt answer.
But for thee, O Lord, do I wait; it is thou, O Lord my God, who wilt answer.
Yes, I am like one who cannot hear, whose mouth has no arguments.
Still I wait expectantly for You, O Eternal One— knowing You will answer me in some way, O Lord, my True God.
For I hope in you, Yahweh. You will answer, Lord my God.
For, Lord, I hoped in thee (For, Lord, I trusted in thee); my Lord God, thou shalt hear me.
Because for Thee, O Jehovah, I have waited, Thou dost answer, O Lord my God.
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