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

³ 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)

⁷ Israel, put your hope^(A) in the Lord,
    for with the Lord is unfailing love^(B)
    and with him is full redemption.^(C)

⁷ “Will the Lord reject forever?^(A)
    Will he never show his favor^(B) again?
⁸ Has his unfailing love^(C) vanished forever?
    Has his promise^(D) failed for all time?
⁹ 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.

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)