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18 Having hope will give you courage.
    You will be protected and will rest in safety.

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18 You will be secure, because there is hope;
    you will look about you and take your rest(A) in safety.(B)

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24 You can go to bed without fear;
    you will lie down and sleep soundly.
25 You need not be afraid of sudden disaster
    or the destruction that comes upon the wicked,
26 for the Lord is your security.
    He will keep your foot from being caught in a trap.

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24 When you lie down,(A) you will not be afraid;(B)
    when you lie down, your sleep(C) will be sweet.
25 Have no fear of sudden disaster
    or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
26 for the Lord will be at your side(D)
    and will keep your foot(E) from being snared.(F)

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In peace I will lie down and sleep,
    for you alone, O Lord, will keep me safe.

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In peace(A) I will lie down and sleep,(B)
    for you alone, Lord,
    make me dwell in safety.(C)

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I lay down and slept,
    yet I woke up in safety,
    for the Lord was watching over me.

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I lie down and sleep;(A)
    I wake again,(B) because the Lord sustains me.

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Why am I discouraged?
    Why is my heart so sad?
I will put my hope in God!
    I will praise him again—
    my Savior and my God!

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Why, my soul, are you downcast?
    Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
    for I will yet praise him,
    my Savior and my God.(A)

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Your threshing season will overlap with the grape harvest, and your grape harvest will overlap with the season of planting grain. You will eat your fill and live securely in your own land.

“I will give you peace in the land, and you will be able to sleep with no cause for fear. I will rid the land of wild animals and keep your enemies out of your land.

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Your threshing will continue until grape harvest and the grape harvest will continue until planting, and you will eat all the food you want(A) and live in safety in your land.(B)

“‘I will grant peace in the land,(C) and you will lie down(D) and no one will make you afraid.(E) I will remove wild beasts(F) from the land, and the sword will not pass through your country.

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We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.

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Not only so, but we[a] also glory in our sufferings,(A) because we know that suffering produces perseverance;(B) perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope(C) does not put us to shame, because God’s love(D) has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit,(E) who has been given to us.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 5:3 Or let us

27 You will pray to him, and he will hear you,
    and you will fulfill your vows to him.
28 You will succeed in whatever you choose to do,
    and light will shine on the road ahead of you.
29 If people are in trouble and you say, ‘Help them,’
    God will save them.

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27 You will pray to him,(A) and he will hear you,(B)
    and you will fulfill your vows.(C)
28 What you decide on will be done,(D)
    and light(E) will shine on your ways.(F)
29 When people are brought low(G) and you say, ‘Lift them up!’
    then he will save the downcast.(H)

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27 For God wanted them to know that the riches and glory of Christ are for you Gentiles, too. And this is the secret: Christ lives in you. This gives you assurance of sharing his glory.

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27 To them God has chosen to make known(A) among the Gentiles the glorious riches(B) of this mystery, which is Christ in you,(C) the hope of glory.

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32 The wicked are crushed by disaster,
    but the godly have a refuge when they die.

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32 When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down,(A)
    but even in death the righteous seek refuge in God.(B)

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Job Cries Out to God

“My days fly faster than a weaver’s shuttle.
    They end without hope.

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“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,(A)
    and they come to an end without hope.(B)

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11 But I don’t have the strength to endure.
    I have nothing to live for.

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11 “What strength do I have, that I should still hope?
    What prospects, that I should be patient?(A)

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