where then is my hope? And my hope, who sees it?

Is not your piety your confidence, and your blameless ways your hope?

Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts its mouth.

He tears me down on every side until I perish; he uproots my hope like one uproots a tree.

The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectation of the wicked will remain unfulfilled.

Let him bury his face in the dust; perhaps there is hope.

“Oh that my request would be realized, and that God would grant me what I long for!

My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle and they come to an end without hope.

Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless perishes,

And you will be secure, because there is hope; you will be protected and will take your rest in safety.

Patiently wait for God alone, my soul! For he is the one who gives me confidence.

For you give me confidence, O Lord; O Lord, I have trusted in you since I was young.

When a wicked person dies, his expectation perishes, and the hope of his strength perishes.

What the righteous desire leads only to good, but what the wicked hope for leads to wrath.

For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Do you see someone who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Indeed, there is hope for your posterity. Your children will return to their own territory. I, the Lord, affirm it!

She said, “I agree to these conditions.” She sent them on their way and then tied the red rope in the window.

But the eyes of the wicked fail, and escape eludes them; their one hope is to breathe their last.”