Study Desk

Although work on the temple itself had not yet begun, the people started offering sacrifices on the Lord 's altar on the first day of the seventh month of that year.

My flesh may be destroyed, yet from this body I will see God.

And along the city streets, the wounded and dying cry out, yet God does nothing.

Yet the glorious splendor of God All-Powerful is brighter by far.

I made it more powerful than any other creature, yet I am stronger still.

Yet their message reaches all the earth, and it travels around the world. In the heavens a tent is set up for the sun.

Yet you are the holy God, ruling from your throne and praised by Israel.

People not yet born will be told, "The Lord has saved us!"

Yet all goes well for them, and they live in peace.

Yet God was kind. He kept forgiving their sins and didn't destroy them. He often became angry, but never lost his temper.

(A special psalm by Ethan the Ezrahite.) Our Lord , I will sing of your love forever. Everyone yet to be born will hear me praise your faithfulness.

No one who lived in the past is remembered anymore, and everyone yet to be born will be forgotten too.

God makes everything happen at the right time. Yet none of us can ever fully understand all he has done, and he puts questions in our minds about the past and the future.

Yet a very little food eaten in peace is better than twice as much earned from overwork and chasing the wind.

We may be sensible, yet we are no better off than a fool. And if we are poor, it still doesn't do us any good to try to live right.

So I decided that wisdom is better than strength. Yet if you are poor, no one pays any attention to you, no matter how smart you are.

Wisdom is more powerful than weapons, yet one mistake can destroy all the good you have done.

We have a little sister whose breasts are not yet formed. If someone asks to marry her, what should we do?

Then I cried out, "I'm doomed! Everything I say is sinful, and so are the words of everyone around me. Yet I have seen the King, the Lord All-Powerful."

How will you escape being captured or killed? The Lord is still angry, and he isn't through with you yet!