tiqvâh

Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father’s household, home unto thee.

And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;

Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.

So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:

And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.

For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.

For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.

The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.

The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.