21 Yet this I call to mind
    and therefore I have hope:

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21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.

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For the revelation awaits an appointed time;(A)
    it speaks of the end(B)
    and will not prove false.
Though it linger, wait(C) for it;
    it[a] will certainly come
    and will not delay.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:3 Or Though he linger, wait for him; / he

For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

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Israel, put your hope(A) in the Lord,
    for with the Lord is unfailing love(B)
    and with him is full redemption.(C)

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Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.

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כ Kaph

81 My soul faints(A) with longing for your salvation,(B)
    but I have put my hope(C) in your word.

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81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.

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“Will the Lord reject forever?(A)
    Will he never show his favor(B) again?
Has his unfailing love(C) vanished forever?
    Has his promise(D) failed for all time?
Has God forgotten to be merciful?(E)
    Has he in anger withheld his compassion?(F)

10 Then I thought, “To this I will appeal:
    the years when the Most High stretched out his right hand.(G)
11 I will remember the deeds of the Lord;
    yes, I will remember your miracles(H) of long ago.

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

Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?

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

10 And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.

11 I will remember the works of the Lord: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.

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24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;(A)
    therefore I will wait for him.”

25 The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
    to the one who seeks him;(B)
26 it is good to wait quietly(C)
    for the salvation of the Lord.(D)
27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke
    while he is young.

28 Let him sit alone in silence,(E)
    for the Lord has laid it on him.
29 Let him bury his face in the dust(F)
    there may yet be hope.(G)

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24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

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

26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.

27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.

29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.

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