My hope. — Comp. Jeremiah 14:8; Jeremiah 1:7. Also in New Testament, 1 Timothy 1:1, “The Lord Jesus Christ our hope.” Shakespeare, with his fine ear for scriptural expressions, caught this.

“And God shall be my hope, my stay.”

“God, our hope, shall succour us.” — 2 Henry VI.

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