References:

Proverbs 13:12 KJV

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

Proverbs 13:12 TLB

Hope deferred makes the heart sick; but when dreams come true at last, there is life and joy.

Hebrews 11:1 AMPC

Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].