Then the king of Israel said, “It is hopeless! For the Lord has called these three kings to hand them over to Moab!”

Then she said, “Did I ask for a son from my lord? Did I not say, ‘Do not give me false hope’?”

“And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.

For You are my hope; Lord God, You are my confidence from my youth.

I hope for Your salvation, Lord, And do Your commandments.

Hope in the Lord’s Forgiving Love.

A Song of Ascents.

Out of the depths I have cried to You, Lord.

My soul waits in hope for the Lord More than the watchmen for the morning; Yes, more than the watchmen for the morning.

Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, Whose hope is in the Lord his God,

Kings will be your guardians, And their princesses your nurses. They will bow down to you with their faces to the ground And lick the dust from your feet; And you will know that I am the Lord; Those who hopefully wait for Me will not be put to shame.

Lord, the hope of Israel, All who abandon You will be put to shame. Those who turn away on earth will be written down, Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, that is the Lord.

For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for prosperity and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

There is hope for your future,” declares the Lord, “And your children will return to their own territory.

All who found them have devoured them; And their adversaries have said, ‘We are not guilty, Since they have sinned against the Lord who is the habitation of righteousness, The Lord, the hope of their fathers.’

So I say, “My strength has failed, And so has my hope from the Lord.”

For I do not want to see you now just in passing; for I hope to remain with you for some time, if the Lord permits.

Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade people, but we are well known to God; and I hope that we are also well known in your consciences.

Timothy and Epaphroditus

But I hope, in the Lord Jesus, to send Timothy to you shortly, so that I also may be encouraged when I learn of your condition.

constantly keeping in mind your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father,

For who is our hope, or joy or crown of pride, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming? Or is it not indeed you?

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by grace,

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, but with gentleness and respect;