And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. Here the true spiritual man resumes the ascendancy, after the temporary outbreak of impatience emanating from the old Adam. The flame of true love is easily re-kindled. The "now" draws the inference from what precedes. 'Since thou, O Lord, hast constituted life so transitory, and at the same time so miserable while it lasts.' The question "what wait I for?" implies that man must have some hope. Then follows the answer-not what nature would suggest, nor what we might have expected after his unbelieving complaints. Faith breaks forth from the mists of sense, which had shrouded him, and saith, "my hope is in thee."