Prayers About Hope

Find 50 prayers about Hope to guide, comfort, and strengthen your faith.

Featured Prayer

For I Know the Plans I Have for You

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

Jeremiah 29:11-13 (BSB)

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May the God of Hope Fill You

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:13 (BSB)

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Praise Be to God for a Living Hope

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God's power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

1 Peter 1:3-5 (BSB)

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His Mercies Are New Every Morning

Because of the Lord's loving devotion we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness! The Lord is my portion, says my soul, therefore I will hope in Him. The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.

Lamentations 3:22-25 (BSB)

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Out of the Depths I Cry to You

Out of the depths I cry to You, O Lord. O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy. If You, O Lord, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand? But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared. I wait for the Lord; my soul does wait, and in His word I do hope. My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning.

Psalm 130:1-6 (BSB)

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Will You Not Revive Us Again?

You showed favor to Your land, O Lord; You restored the fortunes of Jacob. Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You? Show us Your loving devotion, O Lord, and grant us Your salvation. I will listen to what God the Lord will say; for He will speak peace to His people, to His saints. Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that His glory may dwell in our land. Loving devotion and faithfulness have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed. The Lord will indeed give what is good, and our land will yield its harvest.

Psalm 85:1, 6-10, 12 (BSB)

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As the Deer Pants for Water

As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear in God's presence? Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

Psalm 42:1-2, 5 (BSB)

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Send Out Your Light and Your Truth

Vindicate me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men. For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the oppression of my enemy? Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain, to the place where You dwell. Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God. Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

Psalm 43 (BSB)

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Restore Our Fortunes, O Lord

When the Lord restored the captives of Zion, we were like those who dream. Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, 'The Lord has done great things for them.' The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy. Restore our fortunes, O Lord, like streams in the Negev. Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy. He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him.

Psalm 126 (BSB)

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He Will Wipe Away Every Tear

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.

Revelation 21:4 (BSB)

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Now to Him Who Is Able to Do Immeasurably More

Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Ephesians 3:20-21 (BSB)

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All Things Work Together for Good

And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose. For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers. And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified. What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Romans 8:28-31 (BSB)

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Salve Regina

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.

Traditional Marian antiphon (11th century)

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All Shall Be Well

God said not: Thou shalt not be troubled, thou shalt not be travailed, thou shalt not be afflicted. But He said: Thou shalt not be overcome. God wants us to take heed of these words, and always to be strong in sure trust, in weal and woe. For He loves us and delights in us, and so He wishes us to love Him and delight in Him and trust strongly in Him, and all shall be well.

Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love (d. ~1416)

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Traditional Prayer for a New Beginning

God of new mercies and fresh starts, I stand before You at the threshold of something new. I thank You for the past, with all its lessons and blessings. I release to You what I cannot change and what I need to leave behind. Fill me with hope and courage for the road ahead. Guide my steps, open the right doors, and give me eyes to see Your hand at work. Make all things new in me, for Your glory and my good. Amen.

Traditional prayer for new beginnings

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How Long, O Lord?

How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me? Consider me and respond, O Lord my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death. But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, for He has been good to me.

Psalm 13 (BSB)

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Those Who Wait on the Lord

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out. He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall. But those who wait upon the Lord will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

Isaiah 40:28-31 (BSB)

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We Have Peace with God

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

Romans 5:1-5 (BSB)

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You Turned My Mourning into Dancing

I will exalt You, O Lord, for You have lifted me up and have not allowed my foes to rejoice over me. O Lord my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me. O Lord, You brought me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit. Sing to the Lord, O you His saints, and praise His holy name. For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning. You turned my mourning into dancing; You removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, that my heart may sing praise to You and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give You thanks forever.

Psalm 30:1-5, 11-12 (BSB)

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He Heals the Brokenhearted

Praise the Lord! How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise Him! The Lord builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel. He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. He counts the number of the stars; He calls them each by name. Great is our Lord and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit. The Lord sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground.

Psalm 147:1-6 (BSB)

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O Lord, You Are My God

O Lord, You are my God. I will exalt You; I will praise Your name. For You have accomplished wonders, plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness. You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in distress, a shelter from the storm, a shade from the heat.

Isaiah 25:1, 4 (BSB)

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Yet I Will Rejoice in the Lord

Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will exult in the God of my salvation! The Lord GOD is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights.

Habakkuk 3:17-19 (BSB)

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I Am the Resurrection and the Life

Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in Me will live, even though they die; and everyone who lives by believing in Me will never die. Do you believe this?'

John 11:25-26 (BSB)

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In Your Presence Is Fullness of Joy

Keep me safe, O God, for I take refuge in You. I said to the Lord, 'You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.' Lord, You are my portion and my cup of blessing; You secure my lot. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me. I will bless the Lord who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. I have set the Lord always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely. You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.

Psalm 16:1-2, 5-11 (BSB)

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My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?

My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning? O my God, I cry out by day, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest. Yet You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them. But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people. Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother's breast. From birth I was cast upon You; from my mother's womb You have been my God.

Psalm 22:1-4, 6, 9-10 (BSB)

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Who Is a God Like You?

Who is a God like You, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance? You do not retain Your anger forever, because You delight in loving devotion. You will again have compassion on us; You will tread our sins underfoot. You will hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea. You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.

Micah 7:18-20 (BSB)

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Saved by Grace Through Faith

For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

Ephesians 2:8-10 (BSB)

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Prayer for Advent

Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness and put upon us the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which Your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when He shall come again in His glorious majesty to judge both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Collect for the First Sunday of Advent (Book of Common Prayer, 1662)

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Prayer for a New Year

O God, by whose command the order of time runs its course: Forgive our impatience, perfect our faith, and, while we await the fulfillment of Your promise, grant us to have a good hope because of Your word, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

Traditional Christian prayer for the New Year

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The Magnificat

My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. For He has looked with favor on the humble state of His servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed. For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name. His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation. He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts. He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble. He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty. He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful.

Luke 1:46-55 (BSB)

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Prayer for Rest in God

You have made us for Yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You. Grant us, Lord, to know what we ought to know, to love what we ought to love, to praise what delights You most, to value what is precious in Your sight, to hate what is offensive to You. Do not allow us to judge according to the sight of our eyes, nor to pass sentence according to the hearing of the ears of ignorant men; but to discern with a true judgment between things visible and spiritual, and above all things, always to inquire what is the good pleasure of Your will.

St. Augustine of Hippo, Confessions and other writings

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Do Not Forsake Me When I Am Old

In You, O Lord, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame. In Your righteousness, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear to me and save me. Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress. Do not cast me away in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails. But I will always have hope, and I will praise You more and more. My mouth will tell of Your righteousness and salvation all day long, though I cannot fathom their extent.

Psalm 71:1-3, 9, 14-15 (BSB)

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Forever I Will Sing of the Loving Devotion of the Lord

Forever I will sing of the loving devotion of the Lord; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations. For I have said, 'Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.' The heavens praise Your wonders, O Lord, Your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones. For who in the skies can compare with the Lord? Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord? Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim You, who walk in the light of Your presence, O Lord.

Psalm 89:1-2, 5-6, 15 (BSB)

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Who Is Like the Lord Our God?

Praise the Lord! Praise, O servants of the Lord; praise the name of the Lord. Blessed be the name of the Lord both now and forevermore. From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised. The Lord is exalted above all the nations, His glory above the heavens. Who is like the Lord our God, the One enthroned on high, who humbles Himself to behold the heavens and the earth? He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap, to seat them with princes, with the princes of His people.

Psalm 113 (BSB)

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Do Not Put Your Trust in Princes

Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save. When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; in that very day his plans perish. Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God, the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever. He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets the prisoners free.

Psalm 146:1-7 (BSB)

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Seek the Lord While He May Be Found

Seek the Lord while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon. 'For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,' declares the Lord. 'For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.'

Isaiah 55:6-9 (BSB)

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Prayer of Jonah from the Fish

In my distress I called to the Lord, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice. You hurled me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me. But I will sacrifice to You with the voice of thanksgiving. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the Lord!

Jonah 2:2-3, 9 (BSB)

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For God So Loved the World

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

John 3:16-17 (BSB)

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The Benedictus

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people. He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David, as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past, salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us, to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant. And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare His ways, to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high, to shine on those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.

Luke 1:68-79 (BSB)

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God of All Comfort

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

2 Corinthians 1:3-5 (BSB)

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Ask and It Will Be Given to You

Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

Matthew 7:7-11 (BSB)

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We Have This Treasure in Jars of Clay

But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us. We are pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal glory that is far beyond comparison.

2 Corinthians 4:7-9, 16-17 (BSB)

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Now Faith Is

Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see. By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

Hebrews 11:1, 3, 6 (BSB)

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Alma Redemptoris Mater

Loving Mother of the Redeemer, gate of heaven, star of the sea, assist your people who have fallen yet strive to rise again. To the wonderment of nature you bore your Creator, yet remained a virgin after as before. You who received Gabriel's joyful greeting, have pity on us poor sinners.

Traditional Marian antiphon (11th century, attributed to Herman of Reichenau)

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Lead, Kindly Light

Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, lead Thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far from home. Lead Thou me on! Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see the distant scene. One step enough for me. I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou shouldst lead me on. I loved to choose and see my path, but now, lead Thou me on! I loved the garish day, and, in spite of fears, pride ruled my will. Remember not past years. So long Thy power has blessed me, sure it still will lead me on.

Blessed John Henry Newman (1833, public domain)

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The Lord Watches Over Those Who Fear Him

Sing joyfully to the Lord, O righteous ones; it is fitting for the upright to praise Him. For the word of the Lord is upright, and all His work is trustworthy. The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His loving devotion. By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all their host by the breath of His mouth. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He has chosen as His inheritance. The eyes of the Lord are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion. We wait in hope for the Lord; He is our help and our shield.

Psalm 33:1, 4-6, 12, 18, 20 (BSB)

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Save Me, O God, for the Waters Have Risen

Save me, O God, for the waters have risen to my neck. I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods engulf me. I am weary from crying for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God. But as for me, my prayer to You, O Lord, is for a time of favor. In the abundance of Your loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation. Answer me, O Lord, out of Your abundant goodness; in Your great compassion, turn to me.

Psalm 69:1-3, 13, 16 (BSB)

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Hear My Prayer, O Lord

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry for help come before You. Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call. For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers. My heart is withered like grass, for I forget to eat my food. But You, O Lord, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations. You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor; the appointed time has come.

Psalm 102:1-4, 12-13 (BSB)

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Give Thanks to the Lord, for He Is Good

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy. Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains. Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress. He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains. Let them give thanks to the Lord for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men. He sent forth His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction.

Psalm 107:1-2, 10, 13-15, 20 (BSB)

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Surely God Is My Salvation

Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the Lord GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation. With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation. Give praise to the Lord; proclaim His name. Make His deeds known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted. Sing to the Lord, for He has done glorious things. Let this be known in all the earth. Shout and sing for joy, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 12 (BSB)

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