Study Desk

"When I lie down, I say, 'When shall I arise?' But the night continues, And I am continually tossing until dawn.

Before I go—and I shall not return— To the land of darkness and deep shadow,

"Shall a multitude of words go unanswered, And a talkative man be acquitted?

"Shall your boasts silence people? And will you scoff, and no one rebuke?

"For when a few years are past, I shall go the way of no return.

"Will it go down with me to Sheol? Shall we together go down into the dust?"

Whom I, on my part, shall behold for myself, And whom my eyes will see, and not another. My heart faints within me!

"If you say, 'How shall we persecute him?' And 'What pretext for a case against him can we find?'

"Shall one who hates justice rule? And will you condemn the righteous mighty One,

"Shall God repay on your terms, because you have rejected His? For you must choose, and not I; Therefore declare what you know.

"Shall it be told Him that I would speak? Or should a man say that he would be swallowed up?

"Now tighten the belt on your waist like a man, And I shall ask you, and you inform Me!

And I said, 'As far as this point you shall come, but no farther; And here your proud waves shall stop'?

'You shall break them with a rod of iron, You shall shatter them like earthenware.'"

All my enemies will be put to shame and greatly horrified; They shall turn back, they will suddenly be put to shame.

But I have trusted in Your faithfulness; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.

As for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied with Your likeness when I awake.

From You comes my praise in the great assembly; I shall pay my vows before those who fear Him.

One thing I have asked from the LORD, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD And to meditate in His temple.

When You said, "Seek My face," my heart said to You, "I shall seek Your face, LORD."