Study Desk

"Behold, You have made my days like hand widths, And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight; Certainly all mankind standing is a mere breath. Selah

"Certainly every person walks around as a fleeting shadow; They certainly make an uproar for nothing; He amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.

"With rebukes You punish a person for wrongdoing; You consume like a moth what is precious to him; Certainly all mankind is mere breath! Selah

"Hear my prayer, LORD, and listen to my cry for help; Do not be silent to my tears; For I am a stranger with You, One who lives abroad, like all my fathers.

He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the mud; And He set my feet on a rock, making my footsteps firm.

He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; Many will see and fear And will trust in the LORD.

Blessed is one who considers the helpless; The LORD will save him on a day of trouble.

"A wicked thing is poured out upon him, So that when he lies down, he will not get up again."

I remember these things and pour out my soul within me. For I used to go over with the multitude and walk them to the house of God, With a voice of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude celebrating a festival.

The LORD will send His goodness in the daytime; And His song will be with me in the night, A prayer to the God of my life.

As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries taunt me, While they say to me all day long, "Where is your God?"

You make us a proverb among the nations, A laughingstock among the peoples.

Yet You have crushed us in a place of jackals And covered us with deep darkness.

If we had forgotten the name of our God Or extended our hands to a strange god,

My heart is moved with a good theme; I address my verses to the King; My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

Your throne, God, is forever and ever; The scepter of Your kingdom is a scepter of justice.

The daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; The wealthy among the people will seek your favor.

God is our refuge and strength, A very ready help in trouble.

There is a river whose streams make the city of God happy, The holy dwelling places of the Most High.

Clap your hands, all you peoples; Shout to God with a voice of joy.