Study Desk

For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.

He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.

Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who are faithless without cause will be disgraced.

Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.

Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and loving devotion, for they are from age to age.

For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.

My eyes are always on the LORD, for He will free my feet from the mesh.

Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted.

Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with vicious hatred.

Guard my soul and deliver me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in You.

May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.

Of David. Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.

For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.

Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.

Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!

Of David. To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.

Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.