Study Desk

As for me, I will sing about your strength; I will praise your loyal love in the morning. For you are my refuge and my place of shelter when I face trouble.

You are my source of strength! I will sing praises to you! For God is my refuge, the God who loves me.

For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; a prayer of David written to instruct others. It was written when he fought against Aram Naharaim and Aram-Zobah. That was when Joab turned back and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. O God, you have rejected us. You suddenly turned on us in your anger. Please restore us!

You made the earth quake; you split it open. Repair its breaches, for it is ready to fall.

Give us help against the enemy, for any help men might offer is futile.

For the music director; to be played on a stringed instrument; written by David. O God, hear my cry for help! Pay attention to my prayer!

For you, O God, hear my vows; you grant me the reward that belongs to your loyal followers.

For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. For God alone I patiently wait; he is the one who delivers me.

Patiently wait for God alone, my soul! For he is the one who gives me confidence.

and you, O Lord, demonstrate loyal love. For you repay men for what they do.

A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness. O God, you are my God! I long for you! My soul thirsts for you, my flesh yearns for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.

For this reason I will praise you while I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.

For you are my deliverer; under your wings I rejoice.

But the king will rejoice in God; everyone who takes oaths in his name will boast, for the mouths of those who speak lies will be shut up.

For the music director; a psalm of David. Listen to me, O God, as I offer my lament! Protect my life from the enemy's terrifying attacks.

For the music director; a psalm of David, a song. Praise awaits you, O God, in Zion. Vows made to you are fulfilled.

You visit the earth and give it rain; you make it rich and fertile with overflowing streams full of water. You provide grain for them, for you prepare the earth to yield its crops.

For the music director; a song, a psalm. Shout out praise to God, all the earth!

For you, O God, tested us; you purified us like refined silver.

Come! Listen, all you who are loyal to God! I will declare what he has done for me.