21 Having assured himself that God will definitely do as he has asked and remember him, the speaker moves to the next level of confidence, one that restores assurance. In 3:18 he states that he has lost his hope in Yahweh, while here the act of bringing to mind (אשׁיב אל לבי) God’s covenant remembering (Exod 2:23–25; 3:19–20) and God’s covenant mercies (see 3:22) restores that lost hope. The repetition of forms of אוחיל, “hope,” clearly means a reversal in attitude about the situation. As the chapter