Study Desk

For our soul has been brought down to the dust; our belly has cleaved to the earth.

Arise, O Lord, help us, and redeem us for thy name’s sake.

Thou art more beautiful than the sons of men: grace has been shed forth on thy lips: therefore God has blessed thee for ever.

Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of righteousness.

with which kings’ daughters have gladdened thee for thine honour: the queen stood by on thy right hand, clothed in vesture wrought with gold, and arrayed in divers colours.

Because the king has desired thy beauty; for he is thy Lord.

They shall make mention of thy name from generation to generation: therefore shall the nations give thanks to thee for ever, even for ever and ever.

Putting an end to wars as for the ends of the earth; he will crush the bow, and break in pieces the weapon, and burn the bucklers with fire.

For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great king over all the earth.

He has chosen out his inheritance for us, the beauty of Jacob which he loved. Pause.

For God is king of all the earth: sing praises with understanding.

The rulers of the people are assembled with the God of Abraam: for God’s mighty ones of the earth have been greatly exalted.

For, behold the kings of the earth were assembled, they came together.

As we have heard, so have we also seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God has founded it for ever. Pause.

For this is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide for evermore.

A brother does not redeem, shall a man redeem? he shall not give to God a ransom for himself,

or the price of the redemption of his soul, though he labour for ever,

And their sepulchres are their houses for ever, even their tabernacles to all generations: they have called their lands after their own names.

For he shall take nothing when he dies; neither shall his glory descend with him.

For his soul shall be blessed in his life: he shall give thanks to thee when thou dost well to him.