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Psalms 130:5

I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

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קִוִּ֣יתִיqivitigatherקָוָהverb, piel, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “gather”, a completed actionH6960to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expectgather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).יְ֭הוָהyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).קִוְּתָ֣הqivtahgatherקָוָהverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “gather”, a completed actionH6960to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expectgather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).נַפְשִׁ֑יnafshicreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…וְֽלִדְבָר֥וֹvelidvarvoand to causeדָּבָרconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and to cause”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a causeact, advice, affair, answer, [idiom] any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, [phrase] chronicles, commandment, [idiom] commune(-ication), [phrase] concern(-ing), [phrase] confer, counsel, [phrase] dea…הוֹחָֽלְתִּיhochaletihopeיָחַלverb, hiphil, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “hope”, a completed actionH3176to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope(cause to, have, make to) hope, be pained, stay, tarry, trust, wait.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in His word do I hope.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I wait for Jehovah, my soul doth wait, And in his word do I hope.

Young’s Literal Translation

I hoped [for] Jehovah — hoped hath my soul, And for His word I have waited.

World English Bible

I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word.

Darby Translation

I wait for Jehovah; my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in His word do I hope.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

have I waited for thee, O Lord, my soul has waited for thy word.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ὑπέμεινά σε Κύριε, ὑπέμεινεν ἡ ψυχή μου εἰς τὸν λόγον σου,