That is, expecting that he will work for you, give good things to you, or effectuate your deliverance. Say with David– “I will hope continually, and will yet praise you more and more.” The promises are intended to raise your expectation, and past experience should strengthen it. There can be no reason to doubt, while you wait upon God; nor can doubting do you the least good. Hope will cheer you, brighten your prospects, and save you from despondency and gloom. Therefore hope in the Lord. You may be deeply tried, severely exercised, and at times almost overwhelmed; but at the very worst, you should expostulate with yourself, and say– “Why are you cast down, O my soul? and why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God; for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.”
However rough your road, however violent the conflict, however severe the trial, still hope on, hope always; for God has said– “They shall not be ashamed, who wait for me.” Like a vessel on the ocean, you may have to meet with storms and tempests; you may be tossed and tumbled about, but hope will be as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters into that within the veil, “Therefore, let Israel hope in the Lord; for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption”
