Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God” (v. 5). Life is filled with reasons for lament, and we all experience them on a regular basis.

Like Solomon, however, we have an enduring hope that can strengthen our resolve on those inevitable tough days. God gives us the promise of “a new heaven and a new earth” (Revelation 21:1).