Quotes About Hope

How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.

O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.

Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!

Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.

Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”

How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!

For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.

There the evildoers lie fallen, thrown down and unable to rise.

Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.

He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.

Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.

For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.

Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.

The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,

but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.

For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever.

In the time of evil they will not be ashamed, and in the days of famine they will be satisfied.

Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed.

Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.

I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.

Turn away from evil and do good, so that you will abide forever.

For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.