¹⁸ Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be ^(A)gracious to you;
And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
^(B)Blessed are all those who ^(C)wait for Him.

¹⁴ “I have held My peace a long time,
I have been still and restrained Myself.
Now I will cry like a woman in ^[a]labor,
I will pant and gasp at once.

^15 (A)Look down from heaven,
And see ^(B)from Your habitation, holy and glorious.
Where are Your zeal and Your strength,
The yearning ^(C)of Your heart and Your mercies toward me?
Are they restrained?

^12 (A)Will You restrain Yourself because of these things, O Lord?
^(B)Will You ^[a]hold Your peace, and afflict us very severely?