Therefore the Lord waiteth that be may have mercy on you: and therefore shall he be exalted sparing you: because the Lord is the God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
Rashi
Therefore Because you would not obey. the Lord shall wait to be gracious to you He (acc. to Parshandatha) does not skip for you over the evil decree, which was decreed upon you, in order to hasten and to bring the good, but He will wait until its end comes. and therefore, He shall withdraw to have mercy upon you (יָרוּם) He shall draw Himself far away to have mercy upon you. for the Lord is a God of justice and He first metes out justice upon those who rebel against Him. fortunate are all who wait for him for the consolations that He promised, for nothing shall fail.
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.