קָוָה

And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.

Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.

As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

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

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.

I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?