Expectant Hope (Psalms 11-16)

I've been reading through the Psalms monthly for 5 months and have been rewarded with a deeper sense of trust and hope in God. Yet, the Psalms continue to speak beyond a simple reading. Repeated Bible reading is always rewarded.

In today's psalms (11-16), faith, trust, hope, perseverance, and expectancy are themes that the psalmists develop:

• no matter what goes on around you, the Lord is in his holy temple, still ruling from heaven (11)
• in the face of violence to the oppressed, God promises help and hope (12)
• when your well of faith is dry, you can expect to find the goodness of God (13)
• when evil seems to overrun you, that way is shown to be futile (14), while the way of blamelessness before God is shown to bring godly reward (15)
• when we feel weak, God keeps us safe, both now and forever (16)