The psalmist hopes for salvation and does God's commandments, expressing the integration of aspiration and action that characterizes mature faith. This verse reveals that salvation is simultaneously object of hope (requiring divine gift) and goal toward which obedience aims (requiring human response). The coordination of hoping for salvation and doing commandments prevents interpreting salvation as either passive reception or autonomous achievement. The psalmist simultaneously depends upon God's redemptive work and exercises responsibility through obedience. This verse captures the paradox of covenant: salvation is God's gracious work, yet it comes to those who do God's commandments. The Sin/Shin stanza concludes with affirmation that burning intensity of commitment to God's law produces both peace and authentic hope.

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