WHY SO DOWNCAST O MY SOUL? EVEN SO, I WILL PRAISE HIM, MY HOPE IS IN GOD. _
PSALMS 23:1 (SV)
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD I SHALL NOT WANT. THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD HE GIVES ME PEACE. (THE) (STRENGTH, JOY, HOPE, ETC.)
JOB 3:17
THERE THE WICKED CEASE FROM TROUBLING, AND THE WEARY ARE AT REST. _
JOB 14:7
THERE IS HOPE FOR A TREE IF IT BE CUT DOWN THAT IT WILL SPROUT AGAIN AND THE TENDER BRANCHES WILL NOT FAIL BUT WILL REACH UP TO THE HEAVENS. (THERE)
JOB 14:8
THOUGH IT’S ROOTS GROW OLD IN THE GROUND _ AND IT’S STUMP DE- CAYS IN THE SOIL. _
JOB 14:9
YET AT THE SCENT OF WATER, THE STUMP WILL BUD AND SPROUT, BRINGING FORTH NEW BRANCHES LIKE A YOUNG SEEDLING.
ROMANS 8:24b
BUT HOPE THAT IS SEEN IS NO HOPE AT ALL. FOR WHO HOPES FOR WHAT HE ALREADY SEES? (BUT)
ROMANS 8:20
FOR ALL THE CREA–TION WAS SUBJECTED TO FRUSTRATION NOT WILLINGLY, BUT BECAUSE OF HIM WHO SUBJECTED IT IN HOPE. (FOR)
ROMANS 8:24a
FOR IN THIS HOPE _ WE WERE SAVED, BUT HOPE THAT IS SEEN IS NO HOPE AT ALL. (FOR)
ROMANS 8:25
BUT IF WE HOPE FOR WHAT WE DO NOT SEE WE WILL WAIT FOR IT EAGERLY AND PATIENTLY.