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21 Yet I still dare to hope
    when I remember this:

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

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This vision is for a future time.
    It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled.
If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently,
    for it will surely take place.
    It will not be delayed.

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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

O Israel, hope in the Lord;
    for with the Lord there is unfailing love.
    His redemption overflows.

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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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Kaph

81 I am worn out waiting for your rescue,
    but I have put my hope in your word.

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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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Has the Lord rejected me forever?
    Will he never again be kind to me?
Is his unfailing love gone forever?
    Have his promises permanently failed?
Has God forgotten to be gracious?
    Has he slammed the door on his compassion? Interlude

10 And I said, “This is my fate;
    the Most High has turned his hand against me.”
11 But then I recall all you have done, O Lord;
    I remember your wonderful deeds of long ago.

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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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24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance;
    therefore, I will hope in him!”

25 The Lord is good to those who depend on him,
    to those who search for him.
26 So it is good to wait quietly
    for salvation from the Lord.
27 And it is good for people to submit at an early age
    to the yoke of his discipline:

28 Let them sit alone in silence
    beneath the Lord’s demands.
29 Let them lie face down in the dust,
    for there may be hope at last.

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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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