Turn back, my daughters, go your way, for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say I have hope, even if I should have a husband this night and should bear sons,

And Shecani′ah the son of Jehi′el, of the sons of Elam, addressed Ezra: “We have broken faith with our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land, but even now there is hope for Israel in spite of this.

Destruction of the Enemies of the Jews

Now in the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king’s command and edict were about to be executed, on the very day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to get the mastery over them, but which had been changed to a day when the Jews should get the mastery over their foes,

Let the stars of its dawn be dark; let it hope for light, but have none, nor see the eyelids of the morning;

Is not your fear of God your confidence, and the integrity of your ways your hope?

So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.

The caravans of Tema look, the travelers of Sheba hope.

My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and come to their end without hope.

Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless man shall perish.

And you will have confidence, because there is hope; you will be protected and take your rest in safety.

But the eyes of the wicked will fail; all way of escape will be lost to them, and their hope is to breathe their last.”

Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope; yet I will defend my ways to his face.

“For there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease.

the waters wear away the stones; the torrents wash away the soil of the earth; so thou destroyest the hope of man.

where then is my hope? Who will see my hope?

He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone, and my hope has he pulled up like a tree.

For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life?

Behold, the hope of a man is disappointed; he is laid low even at the sight of him.

For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish for ever.

The war horse is a vain hope for victory, and by its great might it cannot save.

Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love,

Let thy steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in thee.

“And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in thee.

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God.