Bible Verses for Holy Saturday

My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?

My soul is also in great anguish. But you, Yahweh—how long?

Psalms 6:3

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me?

Psalms 13:2

For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.

Psalms 16:10

Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am in distress. My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.

Psalms 31:9

But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don’t delay, my God.

Psalms 40:17

I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail looking for my God.

Psalms 69:3

Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?

“Will the Lord reject us forever? Will he be favorable no more?

Psalms 77:7

Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.

Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he, in anger, withheld his compassion?” Selah.

Psalms 77:9

I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word.

Psalms 130:5

My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.

Psalms 130:6

And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

I will wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

Isaiah 8:17

Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.

Who among you fears Yahweh and obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness and has no light, let him trust in Yahweh’s name, and rely on his God.

Isaiah 50:10

For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the huge fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Matthew 12:40

He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.

he foreseeing this, spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that his soul wasn’t left in Hades, and his flesh didn’t see decay.

Acts 2:31

The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.

Lamentations 3:25