Bible Strands
Genesis 49:18
I await Your salvation, O LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jacob utters this declaration while concluding his prophetic blessings over his sons, positioned immediately after the oracle concerning Dan and before the pronouncement over Gad.
The words — The verse hinges on קִוִּ֥יתִי (ki.vi.ti), "I wait eagerly," and לִֽישׁוּעָתְ/ךָ֖ (li.shu.'a.te.Kha), "for your deliverance," addressed to יְהוָֽה (Yah.weh), "O Yahweh."
The thread — The text links this plea to divine rescue with Psalms 119:174 and Isaiah 25:9, while the immediate context grounds it in the tribal judgments of Genesis 49:17 and Genesis 49:19.
Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to adopt a stance of patient expectation toward God’s intervention rather than relying on immediate human resolution.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.
Cross-references
- Psalms 119:166 I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I carry out Your commandments.
- Psalms 119:174 I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.
- Isaiah 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.”
- Micah 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.
- Psalms 130:5 I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.
- Psalms 25:5 Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.
- Psalms 40:1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
- Lamentations 3:25 The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
- Luke 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.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:10 and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.