Psalm 39:7 {38:8}
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And now what is my hope? is it not the Lord? and my substance is with thee.

what wait

Psalm 130:5,6 my soul hath hoped in the Lord. . . .

Genesis 49:18 I will look for thy salvation, O Lord.

Luke 2:25 And behold there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon: and this man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel. And the Holy Ghost was in him.

hope

Psalm 38:15 For in thee, O Lord, have I hoped: thou wilt hear me, O Lord my God.

Psalm 119:81,166 My soul hath fainted after thy salvation: and in thy word I have very much hoped. . . .

Job 13:15 Although he should kill me, I will trust in him: but yet I will reprove my ways in his sight.

Romans 15:13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing: that you may abound in hope and in the power of the Holy Ghost.

Context
I Will Watch My Ways
6Surely man passeth as an image: yea, and he is disquieted in vain. He storeth up: and he knoweth not for whom he shall gather these things. 7And now what is my hope? is it not the Lord? and my substance is with thee.8Deliver thou me from all my iniquities: thou hast made me a reproach to the fool.…
Cross References
Hebrews 6:19
Which we have as an anchor of the soul, sure and firm, and which entereth in even within the veil:

Psalm 38:15
For in thee, O Lord, have I hoped: thou wilt hear me, O Lord my God.

Psalm 71:5
For thou art my patience, O Lord: my hope, O Lord, from my youth.

Lexicon
Now,
וְעַתָּ֣ה (wə·‘at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 6258: At this time

Lord,
אֲדֹנָ֑י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 136: The Lord

for what
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

do I wait?
קִּוִּ֣יתִי (qiw·wî·ṯî)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6960: To bind together, collect, to expect

My hope is
תּ֝וֹחַלְתִּ֗י (tō·w·ḥal·tî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8431: Expectation

in
לְךָ֣ (lə·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

You.
הִֽיא׃ (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are


Additional Translations
Now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in you.

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

And now what is my expectation? is it not the Lord? and my ground of hope is with thee. Pause.

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

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

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

Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.

And, now, what have I expected? O Lord, my hope -- it is of Thee.
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