019. We Need Hope!

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

¹⁶ He has made my teeth grind on gravel,    and made me cower in ashes;¹⁷ my soul is bereft of peace;    I have forgotten what happiness is;¹⁸ so I say, “My endurance has perished;    so has my hope from the Lord.” ¹⁹ Remember my affliction and my wanderings,    the wormwood and the gall!²⁰ My soul continually remembers it    and is bowed down within me.²¹ But this I call to mind,    and therefore I have hope: ²² The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;    his mercies never come to an end;²³ they are new every morning;    great is your faithfulness.²⁴ “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,    “therefore I will hope in him.” ²⁵ The Lord is good to those who wait for him,    to the soul who seeks him.²⁶ It is good that one should wait quietly    for the salvation of the Lord.