I waited patiently for the LORD; and He inclined unto me and heard my cry.

And I will wait upon the LORD, who hideth His face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for Him.

Yea, in the way of Thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for Thee; the desire of our soul is to Thy name and to the remembrance of Thee.

But if we hope for that which we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

And he stayed yet another seven days and sent forth the dove, which returned not again unto him any more.

For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth."

And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.