And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
When everything else has let you down, a simple answer: my hope is in You.
KJV4Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. 5Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. 6Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. 7And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. 8Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. 9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. 10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
Israel’s prayer book: songs of trust, lament, thanks and praise, many of them by David.
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.
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
Hope in God is an anchor for the soul, sure and steady when everything else moves.
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.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
An honest question to your own soul, answered with hope in God.