The LORD has hidden himself from his people, but I trust him and place my hope in him.

When it happens, everyone will say, "He is our God! We have put our trust in him, and he has rescued us. He is the LORD! We have put our trust in him, and now we are happy and joyful because he has saved us."

And yet the LORD is waiting to be merciful to you. He is ready to take pity on you because he always does what is right. Happy are those who put their trust in the LORD.

Defeat does not come to those who trust in you, but to those who are quick to rebel against you.

Teach me to live according to your truth, for you are my God, who saves me. I always trust in you.

May my goodness and honesty preserve me, because I trust in you.

Trust in the LORD. Have faith, do not despair. Trust in the LORD.

Put your hope in the LORD and obey his commands; he will honor you by giving you the land, and you will see the wicked driven out.

I waited patiently for the LORD's help; then he listened to me and heard my cry.

They grow stronger as they go; they will see the God of gods on Zion.

How good it is to give thanks to you, O LORD, to sing in your honor, O Most High God,

They are like trees planted in the house of the LORD, that flourish in the Temple of our God,

As a servant depends on his master, as a maid depends on her mistress, so we will keep looking to you, O LORD our God, until you have mercy on us.

The LORD is good to everyone who trusts in him,

So it is best for us to wait in patience---to wait for him to save us---

But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

and to wait for his Son to come from heaven---his Son Jesus, whom he raised from death and who rescues us from God's anger that is coming.

Then Samson prayed, "Sovereign LORD, please remember me; please, God, give me my strength just this one time more, so that with this one blow I can get even with the Philistines for putting out my two eyes."

Those who claim to be respectable are more and more convinced they are right.

In mercy the angel will say, "Release them! They are not to go down to the world of the dead. Here is the ransom to set them free."

when they pray, God will answer; they will worship God with joy; God will set things right for them again.

He fills my life with good things, so that I stay young and strong like an eagle.

You answered me when I called to you; with your strength you strengthened me.

We want to remind you, friends, of the trouble we had in the province of Asia. The burdens laid upon us were so great and so heavy that we gave up all hope of staying alive.

From such terrible dangers of death he saved us, and will save us; and we have placed our hope in him that he will save us again,

We are often troubled, but not crushed; sometimes in doubt, but never in despair;

At all times we carry in our mortal bodies the death of Jesus, so that his life also may be seen in our bodies.

But his answer was: "My grace is all you need, for my power is greatest when you are weak." I am most happy, then, to be proud of my weaknesses, in order to feel the protection of Christ's power over me.

I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

"You saw what I, the LORD, did to the Egyptians and how I carried you as an eagle carries her young on her wings, and brought you here to me.

They grow stronger as they go; they will see the God of gods on Zion.

Who is this coming from the desert, arm in arm with her lover? Under the apple tree I woke you, in the place where you were born.

I will make my people strong; they will worship and obey me." The LORD has spoken.

The first one looked like a lion; the second looked like a bull; the third had a face like a human face; and the fourth looked like an eagle in flight.

I know that I will live to see the LORD's goodness in this present life.

Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to teach them that they should always pray and never become discouraged.

God in his mercy has given us this work to do, and so we do not become discouraged.

For this reason we never become discouraged. Even though our physical being is gradually decaying, yet our spiritual being is renewed day after day.

So let us not become tired of doing good; for if we do not give up, the time will come when we will reap the harvest.

As for us, we have this large crowd of witnesses around us. So then, let us rid ourselves of everything that gets in the way, and of the sin which holds on to us so tightly, and let us run with determination the race that lies before us.

You are patient, you have suffered for my sake, and you have not given up.