Our Hope

Although our sins testify against us,
O Lord, do something for the sake of Your name.
For our backsliding is great;
we have sinned against You.

Have You rejected Judah completely?
Do You despise Zion?
Why have You afflicted us
so that we cannot be healed?
We hoped for peace
but no good has come,
for a time of healing
but there is only terror.
O Lord, we acknowledge our wickedness
and the guilt of our fathers;
we have indeed sinned against You.

For the sake of Your name
do not despise us;
do not dishonor Your glorious throne.
Remember Your covenant with us
and do not break it.

Do any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain?
Do the skies themselves send down showers?
No, it is You, O Lord our God.
Therefore our hope is in You,
for You are the One who does all this.

(Jeremiah 14:7,19-22)