Have Hope?

“O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake… The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer” (Psalm 6:4,9).  “Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death...  When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth… He that winneth souls is wise.” (Proverbs 11:4,7,30).  “Behold, a King shall reign in righteousness… And a Man shall be as an Hiding Place from the wind, and a Covert from the tempest; as Rivers of water in a dry place, as the Shadow of a great rock in a weary land” (Isaiah 32:1,2).  “Sorrow not, even as others which have no hope... For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout… and the dead in Christ shall rise first:  then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord” (1 Thessalonians 4:13-17).

Our hope is built on righteousness

We surely know is not our own. 
For mercy’s sake our God will bless
Through Jesus Christ our Lord alone.

The Lord will hear the supplication

And prayer of those who are brought low. 
He is the Hope of our salvation,
The ONLY Hope that we can know.

He is our righteous King who reigns,

The Man who died to grant us grace.
No other hope on earth remains;
He is our only Hiding Place.

And though at times we feel sorrow,

We sorrow not like hopeless do:
We see eternity’s tomorrow,
Assured our Savior’s word is true. 

For He has promised to return

To gather all His own at last. 
Our hope is sure as we discern
The days of sorrow shall be passed.

Lord, since we know You’ll come again,

With hope that’s settled by Your Word, 
O make us fishers now of men,
To win them till Your shout is heard!