And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious to you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy on you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. Treasury of Scripture therefore Isaiah 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, said the LORD. Exodus 34:6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering... Hosea 2:14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably to her. Romans 5:20 Moreover the law entered, that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: Romans 9:15-18 For he said to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion... wait Isaiah 18:4 For so the LORD said to me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat on herbs... Isaiah 57:17,18 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth... Jeremiah 31:18-20 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke... Hosea 5:15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. Hosea 6:1,2 Come, and let us return to the LORD: for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has smitten, and he will bind us up... Hosea 11:8,9 How shall I give you up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver you, Israel? how shall I make you as Admah? how shall I set you as Zeboim... Jonah 3:4-10 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown... Matthew 15:22-28 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried to him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord... Luke 15:20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran... Romans 9:22 What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known... 2 Peter 3:9,15 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward... will he be Isaiah 33:10-12 Now will I rise, said the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself... Psalm 46:10,11 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth... Psalm 76:5-10 The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands... Luke 24:26,27 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory... Acts 2:33-39 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost... Acts 5:31 Him has God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. Ephesians 1:6,20-23 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he has made us accepted in the beloved... for the Lord Isaiah 33:5 The LORD is exalted; for he dwells on high: he has filled Zion with judgment and righteousness. Isaiah 42:1-4 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; my elect, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit on him... Deuteronomy 32:4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. 1 Samuel 2:3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogance come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge... Job 35:14 Although you say you shall not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust you in him. Psalm 99:4 The king's strength also loves judgment; you do establish equity, you execute judgment and righteousness in Jacob. Jeremiah 10:24,25 O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing... Micah 7:18-20 Who is a God like to you, that pardons iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage... Malachi 2:17 You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, Wherein have we wearied him? When you say... Romans 2:2-10 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things... Ephesians 1:8 Wherein he has abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; blessed Isaiah 8:17 And I will wait on the LORD, that hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. Isaiah 25:9 And it shall be said in that day, See, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD... Isaiah 26:7,8 The way of the just is uprightness: you, most upright, do weigh the path of the just... Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary... Psalm 2:12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little... Psalm 27:14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. Psalm 28:6,7 Blessed be the LORD, because he has heard the voice of my supplications... Psalm 34:8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusts in him. Psalm 40:1-3 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined to me, and heard my cry... Psalm 62:1,2,5-8 Truly my soul waits on God: from him comes my salvation... Psalm 84:12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusts in you. Proverbs 16:20 He that handles a matter wisely shall find good: and whoever trusts in the LORD, happy is he. Jeremiah 17:7 Blessed is the man that trusts in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. Lamentations 3:25,26 The LORD is good to them that wait for him, to the soul that seeks him... Micah 7:7-9 Therefore I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me... Luke 2:25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout... Romans 8:25-28 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it... James 5:11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord...
Context God's Mercies
18And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious to you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy on you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. 19For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: you shall weep no more: he will be very gracious to you at the voice of your cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer you. 20And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not your teachers be removed into a corner any more, but your eyes shall see your teachers: 21And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way, walk you in it, when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left. 22You shall defile also the covering of your graven images of silver, and the ornament of your molten images of gold: you shall cast them away as a menstruous cloth; you shall say to it, Get you hence. 23Then shall he give the rain of your seed, that you shall sow the ground with; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall your cattle feed in large pastures. 24The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which has been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. 25And there shall be on every high mountain, and on every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. 26Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD binds up the breach of his people, and heals the stroke of their wound. 27Behold, the name of the LORD comes from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire: 28And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the middle of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err. 29You shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel. 30And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall show the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones. 31For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod. 32And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay on him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it. 33For Tophet is ordained of old; yes, for the king it is prepared; he has made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, does kindle it. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you; and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for Jehovah is a God of justice; blessed are all they that wait for him.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore the Lord waiteth that he may have mercy on you: and therefore shall he be exalted sparing you: because the Lord is the God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
Darby Bible Translation
And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he lift himself up, that he may have mercy upon you; for Jehovah is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
King James Bible
And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
Young's Literal Translation
And therefore doth wait Jehovah to favour you, And therefore He is exalted to pity you, For a God of judgment is Jehovah, O the blessedness of all waiting for Him.
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