Psalm 37

Verse 25 of this psalm reveals that we are receiving advice from one who is now old. Throughout the forty verses of this psalm, our wise ancestor gently but steadily reminds us  that the wicked will not last forever, and that the righteous are never forsaken.  He shares his insights, garnered over a lifetime, and I find refuge in them. Let us continue the good work, trusting it is not in vain.  This, I believe, is what it means to wait in the LORD. 

"I have seen the wicked triumphant, 

towering like cedars of Lebanon. 

I passed by again; they were gone, 

I searched; they were nowhere to be found. 

Mark the blameless, observe the upright; 

for the peaceful a future lies in store, 

but sinners shall all be destroyed, 

the future of the wicked cut off.  

But from the LORD comes the salvation

of the righteous, 

their stronghold in time of distress. 

The LORD helps them and rescues them, 

rescues and saves them from the wicked, 

for their refuge is in God."   

Psalm 37:35-40

The Ecumenical Grail Psalter