King James Version
Psalms 130:5 in the King James Version says “I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 130 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.”
Psalms 130:5 · KJV
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. I say: or, which watch unto
Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I wait”
H6960to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e., collect; (figuratively) to expect
“for the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“I wait”
H6960to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e., collect; (figuratively) to expect
“my soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“and in his word”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
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