<p class="poetry">The hope<n id="1" /> of the righteous is joy,p> <p class="poetry">but the expectation of the wicked will remain unfulfilled.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">So I said, &#8220;My endurance has expired;p> <p class="poetry">I have lost all hope of deliverance<n id="1" /> from the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry"><v id="(41:1)" /><n id="1" /> See, his expectation is wrong,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he is laid low even at the sight of it.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">But now, O Lord, upon what am I relying?p> <p class="poetry">You are my only hope!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">When a wicked person dies, his expectation perishes,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the hope of his strength<n id="2" /> perishes.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Hope<n id="1" /> deferred<n id="2" /> makes the heart sick,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but a longing fulfilled<n id="4" /> is like<n id="5" /> a tree of life.p>