Psalms 130:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Psalms 130:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Psalms 130:5 is a verse from the book of Psalms in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Psalms 130:5 — KJV
“I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.”
— Psalms 130:5 (KJV)
Psalms 130:5 in Context — About the Book of Psalms
Psalms is the Bible's prayer book — 150 songs covering every emotion a praying person will ever feel: praise, panic, gratitude, grief, fury, and quiet trust. For three thousand years believers have borrowed these words when their own run out. If you can feel it, there is a psalm for it.
Cross-References for Psalms 130:5
“Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 130:5: lord, soul, word
“If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth. break: Heb. profane”
Shares key themes with Psalms 130:5: lord, soul, word
“And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the LORD our God doth give us.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 130:5: lord, doth, word
“And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 130:5: lord, doth, word
“Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 130:5: lord, doth, word
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