Study Desk

From the mouths of children and babies come songs of praise to you. They sing of your power to silence your enemies who were seeking revenge.

Use your power, Lord , and remove them from this life. But as for the people you treasure, fill them with food. Give them plenty for their children and their grandchildren.

Each generation will tell their children about the good things the Lord has done.

They will enjoy good things, and their children will get the land God promised.

Children, come and listen to me; I will teach you to respect the Lord .

I was young, and now I am old, but I have never seen good people left with no one to help them; I have never seen their children begging for food.

They are kind and generous, and their children are a blessing.

He made an agreement with Jacob. He gave the law to Israel. He gave the commands to our ancestors. He told them to teach the law to their children.

Then the next generation, even the children not yet born, would learn the law. And they would be able to teach it to their own children.

Will you be angry with us forever? Will your anger reach to our children and to their children?

Let your servants see the wonderful things you can do for them. And let their children see your glory.

We are your servants today. Our children will live here, and their descendants will come here to worship you."

The Lord is as kind to his followers as a father is to his children.

They even offered their own children as sacrifices to demons.

God blessed them with many children and plenty of animals.

Let his children become orphans and his wife a widow.

Make his children wander around as beggars, forced from homes that lie in ruins.

Let no one be kind to him. Let no one show mercy to his children.

He gives children to the woman whose home is empty. He makes her a happy mother. Praise the Lord !

May the Lord give more and more to you and to your children.