| 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. | For I know full well the plans I have for you, plans for your welfare and not for your misfortune, plans that will offer you a future filled with hope. |
| Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. | Why are you so disheartened, O my soul? Why do you sigh within me? Place your hope in God; for I will once again praise him, my Savior and my God. |
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| But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. | Those who place their hope in the Lord will regain their strength. They will soar as with eagles’ wings, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not become faint. |
| The Lord will keep you from all harm— he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore. | The Lord will protect you against all evil; he will watch over your life. The Lord will watch over your coming and your going both now and forevermore. |
| May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. | May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may grow rich in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. |
| Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. | Come to me, all you who are weary and overburdened, and I will give you rest. |
| Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. | And not only that, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we realize that suffering develops perseverance, and perseverance produces character, and character produces hope. |
| Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. | Faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the conviction about things that cannot be seen. |
| And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. | Thus there are three things that endure: faith, hope, and love, and the greatest of these is love. |
| You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word. | You are my refuge and my shield; I put my hope in your word. |
| Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. | Let us remain firm in the confession of our hope without wavering, for the one who made the promise is trustworthy. |
| Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord. | Be strong and courageous in your hearts, all you who place your hope in the Lord. |
| But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. | But if we hope for what we do not yet see, then we wait for it with patience. |
| But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me. | But as for me, I will look to the Lord. I place my hope in God my savior; my God will hear me. |
| Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. | Hope deferred sickens the heart, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. |
| I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.” | The Lord is my portion, I say to myself; therefore, I will place my hope in him. |
| Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. | Guide me in your truth and instruct me, for you are God, my Savior, and in you I hope all the day long. |
| And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. | Such hope will not be doomed to disappointment, because the love of God has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. |
| May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you. | O Lord, let your kindness rest upon us, for we have placed our hope in you. |
| I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope. | I wait for the Lord in anxious expectation; I place my hope in his word. |
| Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. | Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In his great mercy he has given us a new birth to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. |
| The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners. | The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord has anointed me. He has sent me to announce good news to the oppressed, to strengthen the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom to those held in captivity and release to those who have been imprisoned. |
| But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect. | Rather, revere Christ as Lord in your hearts. Always be prepared to offer an explanation to anyone who asks you to justify the hope that is in you. However, do so with gentleness and respect. |
| To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. | To these God chose to make known how rich is the priceless glory that this mystery brings to the Gentiles—Christ in you, your hope of glory. |
| There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called. | There is one body and one Spirit, as well as one hope to which you have been called by your vocation. |
