{"id":4349,"date":"2018-02-27T22:57:59","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T21:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?p=4349"},"modified":"2018-02-28T00:03:57","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T23:03:57","slug":"wild-hope-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2018\/02\/27\/wild-hope-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild hope #2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nShaped by the wind  (Photo: Irene Bom)<\/span><\/p>\n

 
\nI wonder: What is the relationship between hope and waiting? Maybe Psalm 130 can give us some clues.<\/p>\n

Psalm 130 features on a CD called Send us a Friend<\/a> that I made with Friends and Neighbours<\/strong> in 2013. The song is called “My soul waits for the Lord”. It’s in English and in Dutch. I’ve included a link below.<\/p>\n

Psalm 130<\/h3>\n

A song of ascents.<\/span><\/p>\n

1<\/sup>  Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord;
\n2<\/sup>  Lord, hear my voice.
\nLet your ears be attentive
\n to my cry for mercy.<\/p>\n

3<\/sup>  If you, Lord, kept a record of sins,
\n Lord, who could stand?
\n4<\/sup> But with you there is forgiveness,
\n so that we can, with reverence, serve you.<\/p>\n

5<\/sup>  I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits,
\n and in his word I put my hope.
\n6<\/sup>  I wait for the Lord
\n more than watchmen wait for the morning,
\n more than watchmen wait for the morning.<\/p>\n

7<\/sup>  Israel, put your hope in the Lord,
\n for with the Lord is unfailing love
\n and with him is full redemption.
\n8<\/sup>  He himself will redeem Israel
\n from all their sins.<\/p>\n\n

My soul waits for the Lord<\/strong><\/p>\n