Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.
Hope in the Lord, because with Him there is mercy and full redemption.
KJV4But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. 5I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. 6My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. 7Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. 8And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
Israel’s prayer book: songs of trust, lament, thanks and praise, many of them by David.
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Paul, beaten and shipwrecked, calls his troubles light only next to the glory to come. Your pain is real; it is just not the heaviest or the last word.
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Not everything is good, but God is working in all things for the good of those who love Him.
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Faith gives substance to what you hope for, even before you can see it.
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Suffering is not wasted: it grows patience, proven character and a hope that does not let you down, because God’s love has been poured into your heart.