You are the King and the Lord. You have always been my hope. I have trusted in you ever since I was young.

主耶和华啊，你是我所盼望的；从我年幼，你是我所倚靠的。

主耶和华啊，你是我所盼望的；自我年幼，你是我所倚靠的。

主耶和华啊，你是我所盼望的；自我年幼，你是我所倚靠的。

主耶和华啊，你是我的盼望，我从小就信靠你。

因为你是我的盼望；主耶和华啊！你是我自幼以来所倚靠的。

因为你是我的希望！主耶和华啊，自幼以来你就是我的依赖！

主－耶和華啊，你是我所盼望的；從我年幼，你是我所倚靠的。

主耶和華啊，你是我所盼望的；自我年幼，你是我所倚靠的。

主耶和華啊，你是我所盼望的；自我年幼，你是我所倚靠的。

主耶和華啊，你是我的盼望，我從小就信靠你。

因為你是我的盼望；主耶和華啊！你是我自幼以來所倚靠的。

因為主啊、只有你是我所盼望的；永恆主啊、只有你是我幼年以來所倚靠的。

因為你是我的希望！主耶和華啊，從我年幼以來，你就是我的依賴！

主耶和華歟、爾為我望、我自幼冲、惟爾是恃兮、

余自孩提、惟主耶和華是望兮。

我所仰望者惟有主、主天主歟、我自幼時、即倚恃主、

主乃我之望。自幼所依恃。

For you have been my hope, Sovereign Lord, my confidence since my youth.

For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O Lord, from my youth.

O Lord, you alone are my hope. I’ve trusted you, O Lord, from childhood.

For you are my hope, Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.

For You are my hope; Lord God, You are my confidence from my youth.

For You are my hope, O Lord GOD; You are my trust from my youth.

For thou art my hope, O Lord Jehovah: Thou art my trust from my youth.

For You are my hope, Lord God, my confidence from my youth.

For thou[ art] my hope, O Lord GOD:[ thou art] my trust from my youth.

For you give me confidence, O Lord; O LORD, I have trusted in you since I was young.

For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh, my confidence from my youth.

“ But I will bless anyone who trusts in me. I will do good things for the person who depends on me.

I deeply long for you to save me. I have put my hope in your word.

“ Lord, what can I look forward to now? You are the only hope I have.

God, ever since I was young you have taught me. To this very day I tell about your wonderful acts.

Don’t be a terror to me. When I’m in trouble, I go to you for safety.

Lord, I wait for you to save me. I follow your commands.

David said to Goliath,“ You are coming to fight against me with a sword, a spear and a javelin. But I’m coming against you in the name of the Lord who rules over all. He is the God of the armies of Israel. He’s the one you have dared to fight against.This day the Lord will give me the victory over you. I’ll strike you down. I’ll cut your head off. This day I’ll feed the bodies of the Philistine army to the birds and wild animals. Then the whole world will know there is a God in Israel.The Lord doesn’t rescue people by using a sword or a spear. And everyone here will know it. The battle belongs to the Lord. He will hand all of you over to us.”

So Samuel got the animal horn that was filled with olive oil. He anointed David in front of his brothers. From that day on, the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully on David. Samuel went back to Ramah.

Saul replied,“ You aren’t able to go out there and fight that Philistine. You are too young. He’s been a warrior ever since he was a boy.”But David said to Saul,“ I’ve been taking care of my father’s sheep. Sometimes a lion or a bear would come and carry off a sheep from the flock.Then I would go after it and hit it. I would save the sheep it was carrying in its mouth. If it turned around to attack me, I would grab its hair. I would strike it down and kill it.In fact, I’ve killed both a lion and a bear. I’ll do the same thing to this Philistine. He isn’t even circumcised. He has dared the armies of the living God to fight him.The Lord saved me from the paw of the lion. He saved me from the paw of the bear. And he’ll save me from the powerful hand of this Philistine too.” Saul said to David,“ Go. And may the Lord be with you.”

You are Israel’s only hope. You save us when we’re in trouble. Why are you like a stranger to us? Why are you like a traveler who stays for only one night?

But I trust in your faithful love. My heart is filled with joy because you will save me.

Lord, you are Israel’s only hope. Everyone who deserts you will be put to shame. The names of those who turn away from you will be listed among the dead. Lord, they have deserted you. You are the spring of water that gives life.

You have known the Holy Scriptures ever since you were a little child. They are able to teach you how to be saved by believing in Christ Jesus.

But you brought me out of my mother’s body. You made me trust in you even when I was at my mother’s breast.From the time I was born, you took good care of me. Ever since I came out of my mother’s body, you have been my God.

May the God who gives hope fill you with great joy. May you have perfect peace as you trust in him. May the power of the Holy Spirit fill you with hope.

And the child grew and became strong. He was very wise. He was blessed by God’s grace.

My spirit, why are you so sad? Why are you so upset deep down inside me? Put your hope in God. Once again I will have reason to praise him. He is my Savior and my God.

Everyone who found them destroyed them. Their enemies said,‘ We aren’t guilty. They sinned against the Lord. He gave them everything they needed. He has always been Israel’s hope.’

Remember your Creator. Remember him while you are still young. Think about him before your times of trouble come. The years will come when you will say,“ I don’t find any pleasure in them.”