Quotes About Hope

deliver me from the hand of the enemy; redeem me from the grasp of the ruthlessí?

Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.

So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.

My days are swifter than a weaverís shuttle; they come to an end without hope.

Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.

When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,

so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.

I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?

But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,

if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.

Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.

While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up quicker than grass.

Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.

His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spiderís web.

He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.

Surely this is the joy of his way; yet others will spring from the dust.

He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.

Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”

For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.

He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.

When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.

My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.

If I were to say, ëI will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,í