Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; let me not be ashamed of my hope.

a lion, mighty among beasts, refusing to retreat before anything;

But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Let your hands be strong, you who now hear these words spoken by the prophets who were present when the foundations were laid to rebuild the temple, the house of the LORD of Hosts.

When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.

But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because you will not experience any loss of life, but only of the ship.