Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity ¹  shuts its mouth. ² 

Let him bury his face in the dust; ¹  perhaps there is hope.

My days ¹  are swifter ²  than a weaver’s shuttle ³  and they come to an end without hope. ⁴ 

And you will be secure, because there is hope; you will be protected ¹  and will take your rest in safety.

When a wicked person dies, his expectation perishes, ¹  and the hope of his strength ²  perishes. ³ 

Do you see ¹  a man wise in his own eyes? ²  There is more hope for a fool ³  than for him.

Do you see someone ¹  who is hasty in his words? ²  There is more hope for a fool than for him. ³ 

Indeed, there is hope for your posterity. ¹  Your children will return to their own territory. I, the Lord, affirm it! ² 

“But there is hope for ¹  a tree: ²  If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.

Discipline your child, for ¹  there is hope, but do not set your heart ²  on causing his death. ³ 

Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah were ¹  against this, assisted by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite.

Go back home, my daughters! For I am too old to get married again. ¹  Even if I thought that there was hope that I could get married tonight and conceive sons, ² 

So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Acbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shullam son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the supervisor of the wardrobe. ¹  (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh ²  district.) They stated their business, ³ 

From there I will give back her vineyards to her, and turn the “Valley of Trouble” ¹  into an “Opportunity ²  for Hope.” There she will sing as she did when she was young, ³  when ⁴  she came up from the land of Egypt.