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Psalm 131:3

Israel, hope in the LORD, from this time forward and forever more.

1A Song of Ascents. By David. LORD, my heart isn’t arrogant, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me.
2Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
3Israel, hope in the LORD, from this time forward and forever more.
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“Israel” widens the psalm from one quieted soul to a whole people, making hope in YHWH a shared posture with no end date.

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Where else Scripture says this

6 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 130:7Israel, hope in the LORD, for there is loving kindness with the LORD. Abundant redemption is with him.Both verses address Israel with the same charge to hope in the LORD.
Isaiah 26:4Trust in the LORD forever; for in the LORD, the LORD, is an everlasting Rock.Both texts direct enduring confidence toward the LORD, extending hope or trust into forever.
Psalm 146:5Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD, his God,Both verses name the LORD as the one in whom hope is placed.
Jeremiah 17:7–8“Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose confidence is in the LORD.Both verses direct confidence toward the LORD, expressed as hope in the psalm and trust in Jeremiah.
Psalm 115:9–11Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield.Both verses speak to Israel as a people, urging them to place their confidence in the LORD.
Psalm 115:18but we will bless the LORD, from this time forward and forever more. Praise the LORD!Both texts look from the present into forever, directing hope or blessing toward the LORD.
Where this verse fits

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Encouragement

You do not have to see the whole future to hope in YHWH today; the psalm directs Israel toward him for all the days ahead.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).