Study Desk

Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and exult in His salvation.

I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.

May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, "Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant's well-being."

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD. An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes.

For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.

The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.

Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.

The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD, and He delights in his way.

Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.

For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.

The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not falter.

Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah

You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah

Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood!

The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to surrender him to the will of his foes.

The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.

My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.

Even my close friend, whom I trusted, he who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.