Quotes About Hope

Surely God is my helper; the Lord is the sustainer of my soul.

For He has delivered me from every trouble, and my eyes have stared down my foes.

I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.

Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.

But I call to God, and the LORD saves me.

Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.

Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.

But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.

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.

In God, whose word I praise—in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations.

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

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.

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.

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

He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.

They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah

For Your loving devotion reaches to the heavens, and Your faithfulness to the clouds.

Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a womanís stillborn child, may they never see the sun.

Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when Saul sent men to watch Davidís house in order to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.