Study Desk

A stupid person has no knowledge, Nor does a foolish person understand this:

The righteous person will flourish like the palm tree, He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

So that You may grant him relief from the days of adversity, Until a pit is dug for the wicked.

Can a throne of destruction be allied with You, One which devises mischief by decree?

Let's come before His presence with a song of thanksgiving, Let's shout joyfully to Him in songs with instruments.

For the LORD is a great God And a great King above all gods,

"For forty years I was disgusted with that generation, And said they are a people who err in their heart, And they do not know My ways.

Sing to the LORD a new song; Sing to the LORD, all the earth.

Sing a new song to the LORD, For He has done wonderful things, His right hand and His holy arm have gained the victory for Him.

LORD our God, You answered them; You were a forgiving God to them, And yet an avenger of their evil deeds.

A perverse heart shall leave me; I will know no evil.

Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy; I will not endure one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart.

My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; One who walks in a blameless way is one who will serve me.

For my days have ended in smoke, And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.

I resemble a pelican of the wilderness; I have become like an owl of the ruins.

I lie awake, I have become like a solitary bird on a housetop.

My enemies have taunted me all day long; Those who deride me have used my name as a curse.

My days are like a lengthened shadow, And I wither away like grass.

This will be written for the generation to come, That a people yet to be created may praise the LORD:

"Even they will perish, but You endure; All of them will wear out like a garment; Like clothing You will change them and they will pass away.