Both in our verse and in our daily prayers we claim that we 'hope' for the salvation. R. Yitzchak said, 'Everything depends upon hope. Suffering depends upon hope. Sanctification of God s name depends upon hope. Merit of the Patriarchs depends upon hope.
Forgiveness depends upon hope.
That by means of hoping for the salvation daily, and anticipating its arrival we draw the redemption near. I believe that we can alleviate the conundrum by a closer analysis of the word. The Hebrew for hope is 'tikva', and that s the name of the Israeli national anthem. The root of the word seems related to the noun 'kav' which means line, and is usually used to describe a set amount or distance. Tzav' are the commands a father instructs a child, while 'kav' are the lines used to form letters when the child learns to write.