Study Desk

O God, you are my God; I will seek you eagerly. My heart thirsts for you, my body longs for you in a land parched and exhausted, where no water can be found.

for your grace is better than life. My lips will worship you.

For you have been my help; in the shadow of your wings I rejoice;

May they be given over to the power of the sword; may they become prey for jackals. But the king will rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be silenced.

For the leader. A psalm of David:

They search for ways to commit crimes, bringing their diligent search to completion when each of them has thought it through in the depth of his heart.

For the leader. A psalm of David. A song:

When deeds of wickedness overwhelm me, you will atone for our crimes.

This is why those living at the ends of the earth stand in awe of your signs. The places where the sun rises and sets you cause to sing for joy.

You care for the earth and water it, you enrich it greatly; with the river of God, full of water, you provide them grain and prepare the ground.

The desert pastures drip water, the hills are wrapped with joy, the meadows are clothed with flocks and the valleys blanketed with grain, so they shout for joy and break into song.

For the leader. A song. A psalm: Shout to God, all the earth!

For you, God, have tested us, refined us as silver is refined.

Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for me.

For the leader. With stringed instruments. A psalm. A song:

Let the nations be glad and shout for joy, for you will judge the peoples fairly and guide the nations on earth. (Selah)

For the leader. A psalm of David. A song:

Your flock settled in it; in your goodness, God, you provided for the poor.

You rugged mountain, why look with envy at the mountain God wants for his place to live? Truly, Adonai will live there forever.

God, summon your strength! Use your strength, God, as you did for us before,