1 Samuel 12:16

12:16 “So now, take your positions and watch this great thing that the Lord is about to do in your sight.

Mazmur 37:7

37:7 Wait patiently for the Lord! ¹ 

Wait confidently ²  for him!

Do not fret over the apparent success of a sinner, ³ 

a man who carries out wicked schemes!

Mazmur 46:11

46:11 The Lord who commands armies is on our side! ⁴ 

The God of Jacob ⁵  is our protector! ⁶  (Selah)

Mazmur 116:7

116:7 Rest once more, my soul, ⁷ 

for the Lord has vindicated you. ⁸ 

Yesaya 28:12

28:12 In the past he said to them, ⁹ 

“This is where security can be found.

Provide security for the one who is exhausted!

This is where rest can be found.” ¹⁰ 

But they refused to listen.

Yesaya 30:15

30:15 For this is what the master, the Lord, the Holy One of Israel says:

“If you repented and patiently waited for me, you would be delivered; ¹¹ 

if you calmly trusted in me you would find strength, ¹² 

but you are unwilling.

Zakharia 2:13

2:13 Be silent in the Lord’s presence, all people everywhere, ¹³  for he is being moved to action in his holy dwelling place. ¹⁴ 

[37:7]  ¹ tn Heb “Be quiet before the Lord!”

[37:7]  ² tc The Hebrew text has וְהִתְחוֹלֵל (vÿhitkholel, Hitpolel of חִיל, khil, “writhe with fear, suffer”) but this idea fits awkwardly here. The text should be changed to וְתוֹחֵל (vÿtokhel; Hiphil of יָחַל, yakhal, “wait”). It appears that the Hebrew text is the product of dittography: (1) the initial וה (vav-he) is accidentally repeated from the preceding word (יְהוָה, yÿhvah) and (2) the final lamed (ל) is accidentally repeated (note the preceding lamed and the initial lamed on the following form, לו).

[37:7]  ³ tn Heb “over one who causes his way to be successful.”

[46:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “the Lord of hosts is with us.” The title “Lord of hosts” here pictures the Lord as a mighty warrior-king who leads armies into battle (see Ps 24:10). The military imagery is further developed in vv. 8-9.

[46:11]  ⁵ tn That is, Israel, or Judah (see Ps 20:1).

[46:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “our elevated place” (see Pss 9:9; 18:2).

[116:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “return, my soul, to your place of rest.”

[116:7]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew idiom גָּמַל עַל (gamal ’al) means “to repay,” here in a positive sense (cf. Ps 13:5).

[28:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “who said to them.”

[28:12]  ¹⁰ sn This message encapsulates the Lord’s invitation to his people to find security in his protection and blessing.

[30:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “in returning and in quietness you will be delivered.” Many English versions render the last phrase “shall be saved” or something similar (e.g., NAB, NASB, NRSV).

[30:15]  ¹² tn Heb “in quietness and in trust is your strength” (NASB and NRSV both similar).

[2:13]  ¹³ tn Heb “all flesh”; NAB, NIV “all mankind.”

[2:13]  ¹⁴ sn The sense here is that God in heaven is about to undertake an occupation of his earthly realm (v. 12) by restoring his people to the promised land.