Study Desk

He trains my hands for war, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

You enlarge the path beneath me and make my steps secure, So that my feet will not slip.

I shattered them so that they were not able to rise; They fell [wounded] under my feet.

My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

O LORD, You have brought my life up from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead); You have kept me alive, so that I would not go down to the pit (grave).

For innumerable evils have encompassed me; My sins have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see. They are more numerous than the hairs of my head, And my heart has failed me.

But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and restore me [to health], So that I may repay them.

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, From everlasting to everlasting [from this age to the next, and forever]. Amen and Amen (so be it).

As the deer pants [longingly] for the water brooks, So my soul pants [longingly] for You, O God.

As we have heard, so have we seen In the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah.

As is Your name, O God, So is Your praise to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness (rightness, justice).

So that he should live on eternally, That he should never see the pit (grave) and undergo decay.

Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead); Death will be their shepherd; And the upright shall rule over them in the morning, And their form and beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, So that they have no dwelling [on earth].

Against You, You only, have I sinned And done that which is evil in Your sight, So that You are justified when You speak [Your sentence] And faultless in Your judgment.

For You have rescued my soul from death, Yes, and my feet from stumbling, So that I may walk before God In the light of life.

So that it does not listen to the voice of charmers, Or of the skillful enchanter casting [cunning] spells.

Destroy them in wrath, destroy them so that they may be no more; Let them know that God rules over Jacob (Israel) To the ends of the earth. Selah.

So I will sing praise to Your name forever, Paying my vows day by day.

How long will you attack a man So that you may murder him, all of you, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

So I have gazed upon You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory.