Genesis 49:18
16 Dan shall provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.
I await Your salvation, O LORD.
19 Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.
20 Asher’s food will be rich; he shall provide royal delicacies.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I await Your salvation, O LORD.
- KJV
- I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
- WEB
- I have waited for your salvation, LORD.
- ASV
- I have waited for thy salvation, O Jehovah.
- DARBY
- I wait for thy salvation, O Jehovah.
- BLB
- For Your salvation I have waited, YHWH.
- ÅB
- Etter din frelse bier jeg, Herre!
- OTB
- «På din frelse venter jeg, Herre.
- B1930
- Efter din frelse bier jeg, Herre!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 119:174
I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.
Read in contextIsaiah 25:9
And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
Read in contextPsalms 119:166
I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I carry out Your commandments.
Read in contextMicah 7:7
But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
Read in contextPsalms 130:5
I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.
Read in contextPsalms 40:1
I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
Read in contextLamentations 3:25
The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
Read in contextLuke 2:25
Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
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