But if that is my only hope\par then I have no hope at all.\par If that is my only hope\par then people have found me\par no hope at all.\par
Lamentations 3:18 - Easy To Read Version I said to myself,\par “I no longer have any hope\par that the Lord will help me.”\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And I said, My strength and my hope Is perished from the LORD: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And I say, Perished is my strength and my expectation from the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah. Common English Bible I thought: My future is gone, as well as my hope from the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version VAU. And I said, "My end and my hope from the Lord has perished." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Vau. And I said: My end and my hope is perished from the Lord. |
But if that is my only hope\par then I have no hope at all.\par If that is my only hope\par then people have found me\par no hope at all.\par
“My strength is gone,\par so I have no hope to go on living.\par I don’t know what will happen to me,\par so I have no reason to be patient.\par
I was afraid, and I said,\par “I am in a place where God can’t see me.”\par But I prayed to you, God,\par and you heard my loud prayers for help.\par
Then the Lord my Master said to me, “Son of man, {\cf2\super [291]} these bones are like the whole family of Israel. The people of Israel say, ‘Our bones have dried up, {\cf2\super [292]} our hope is gone. We have been completely destroyed!’
Yes, if a person continues asking, that person will receive. If a person continues looking, that person will find. And if a person continues knocking, the door will open for that person.
But David thought to himself, “Saul will catch me some day. The best thing I can do is to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up looking for me in Israel. That way I will escape from Saul.”