My soul, wait in silence for God alone, For my hope is from Him.

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

Zayin

Remember the word to Your servant, In which You have made me hope.

Sustain me according to Your word, that I may live; And do not let me be ashamed of my hope.

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,

The hope of the righteous is gladness, But the expectation of the wicked perishes.

When a wicked person dies, his expectation will perish, And the hope of strong people perishes.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

Discipline your son while there is hope, And do not desire his death.

Certainly there is a future, And your hope will not be cut off.

Know that wisdom is the same for your soul; If you find it, then there will be a future, And your hope will not be cut off.

Do you see a person wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Do you see a person who is hasty with his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

For whoever is joined to all the living, there is hope; for better a live dog, than a dead lion.

Then they will be terrified and ashamed because of Cush their hope and Egypt their pride.

So the inhabitants of this coastland will say on that day, ‘Behold, such is our hope, where we fled for help to be saved from the king of Assyria; and how are we ourselves to escape?’”

For Sheol cannot thank You, Death cannot praise You; Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

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.

You were tired out by the length of your road, Yet you did not say, ‘It is hopeless!’ You found renewed strength, Therefore you did not faint.

A Confession of Wickedness

Therefore justice is far from us, And righteousness does not reach us; We hope for light, but there is darkness, For brightness, but we walk in gloom.

All of us growl like bears, And moan sadly like doves; We hope for justice, but there is none; For salvation, but it is far from us.

Keep your feet from being bare, And your throat from thirst; But you said, ‘It is hopeless! No! For I have loved strangers, And I will walk after them.’