Study Desk

As for me, You uphold me in my integrity, And set me before Your face forever.

To the Chief Musician. A Contemplation [fn] of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for the water brooks,So pants my soul for You, O God.

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.When shall I come and appear before God? [fn]

When I remember these things, I pour out my soul within me. For I used to go with the multitude; I went with them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, With a multitude that kept a pilgrim feast.

Why are you cast down, O my soul?And why are you disquieted within me?Hope in God, for I shall yet praise HimFor the help of His countenance. [fn]

Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.

For You are the God of my strength; Why do You cast me off? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.

For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword, Nor did their own arm save them; But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, Because You favored them.

You are my King, O God; [fn] Command [fn] victories for Jacob.

For I will not trust in my bow, Nor shall my sword save me.

You make us turn back from the enemy, And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.

You have given us up like sheep intended for food, And have scattered us among the nations.

You sell Your people for next to nothing, And are not enriched by selling them.

Would not God search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.

Yet for Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

For our soul is bowed down to the dust; Our body clings to the ground.

Arise for our help, And redeem us for Your mercies' sake.

For the LORD Most High is awesome; He is a great King over all the earth.

He will choose our inheritance for us, The excellence of Jacob whom He loves.Selah