Study Desk

Exalt the LORD our God And worship at His holy hill [Zion, the temple mount], For the LORD our God is holy.

Know and fully recognize with gratitude that the LORD Himself is God; It is He who has made us, not we ourselves [and we are His]. We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.

I said, "O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days; Your years are [eternal] throughout all generations.

Bless and affectionately praise the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty,

The young lions roar after their prey And seek their food from God.

I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

He is the LORD our God; His judgments are in all the earth.

But lusted intensely in the wilderness And tempted God [with their insistent desires] in the desert.

Thus they exchanged [the true God who was] their glory For the image of an ox that eats grass.

They forgot God their Savior, Who had done such great things in Egypt,

In this way they became unclean in their practices; They played the prostitute in their own deeds [by giving their worship, which belongs to God alone, to other "gods"].

Save us, O LORD our God, And gather us from among the nations, That we may give thanks to Your holy name And glory in praising You.

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. And let all the people say, "Amen." Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)

Because they had rebelled against the precepts of God And spurned the counsel of the Most High.

O God, my heart is steadfast [with confident faith]; I will sing, I will sing praises, even with my soul.

Be exalted [in majesty], O God, above the heavens, And Your glory above all the earth.

God has spoken in His holiness: "I will rejoice, I will portion out Shechem [as I divide Canaan among My people], And measure out the Valley of Succoth.

Have You not rejected us, O God? And will You not go out, O God, with our armies?

With God we will do valiantly, For it is He who will trample down our enemies.

O God of my praise! Do not keep silent,