Quotes about Hope

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.

When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.

You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle—are they not in Your book?

Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.

In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,

in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.

I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me.

I will keep watch for You, O my strength, because You, O God, are my fortress.

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A Miktam of David for instruction. When he fought Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!

Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.

Have You not rejected us, O God? Will You no longer march out, O God, with our armies?