Psa 42:11, 43:5, 146:5, Lam 3:21-26, Rom 5:4-5, 8:24-25, 15:13 | ESV | STEP | Why are you cast down, O my soul , and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God ; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God .

m[See ver. 21 above]

n Ps. 130:6; [Isa. 30:18]

o Ps. 130:5, 7; Mic. 7:7

p Ps. 119:116; Phil. 1:20

q Acts 2:17, 18, 33; Titus 3:6; [Gal. 4:6]

r[1 Thess. 1:3; 5:8]

s 2 Cor. 4:18; Heb. 11:1

t[1 Thess. 1:3; 5:8]

u[ch. 5:1, 2; 14:17]

Psalms 42:11

11 ^aWhy are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God.

Psalms 43:5

5 ^bWhy are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
^cHope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God.

Psalms 146:5

5 ^dBlessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose ^ehope is in the Lord his God,

Lamentations 3:21-26

21 But this I call to mind,
and ^ftherefore I have hope:
22 ^gThe steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; ^{▼▼Syriac, Targum; Hebrew Because of the steadfast love of the Lord, we are not cut off}
ⁱhis mercies never come to an end;
23 they are new ^jevery morning;
^kgreat is your faithfulness.
24 ^l“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
^m“therefore I will hope in him.”
25 The Lord is good to those who ⁿwait for him,
to the soul who seeks him.
26 ^oIt is good that one should wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord.

Romans 5:4-5

4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and ^phope does not put us to shame, because God’s love ^qhas been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Romans 8:24-25

24 For ^rin this hope we were saved. Now ^shope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we ^twait for it with patience.

Romans 15:13

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