Study Desk

Morning by morning will I put to death all the sinners in the land, so that all evil-doers may be cut off from Jerusalem.

My heart is broken; it has become dry and dead like grass, so that I give no thought to food.

So that they may give out the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

He makes your mouth full of good things, so that your strength is made new again like the eagle's.

He has made the earth strong on its bases, so that it may not be moved for ever and ever;

You made a limit over which they might not go, so that the earth would never again be covered by them.

He makes the grass come up for the cattle, and plants for the use of man; so that bread may come out of the earth;

And he took away all food from the land, so that the people were without bread.

To give his chiefs teaching at his pleasure, and so that his law-givers might get wisdom from him.

Their hearts were turned to hate against his people, so that they made secret designs against them.

So that they might keep his orders, and be true to his laws. Give praise to the Lord.

So that I may see the well-being of the people of your selection, and have a part in the joy of your nation, and take pride in your heritage.

But he was their saviour because of his name, so that men might see his great power.

They made God angry again at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled because of them;

Be our saviour, O Lord our God, and let us come back together from among the nations, so that we may give honour to your holy name, and have glory in your praise.

Guiding them in the right way, so that they might come into the town of their resting-place.

He gives its desire to the unresting soul, so that it is full of good things.

So that he made their hearts weighted down with grief; they were falling, and had no helper.

He makes the storm into a calm, so that the waves are at peace.

And there he gives the poor a resting-place, so that they may make themselves a town;