Study Desk

My God in his steadfast love will meet me; God will let me look in triumph on my enemies.

To the choirmaster: according to Shushan Eduth. A Miktam of David; for instruction; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and when Joab on his return struck down twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt. O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses; you have been angry; oh, restore us.

God has spoken in his holiness: "With exultation I will divide up Shechem and portion out the Vale of Succoth.

Prolong the life of the king; may his years endure to all generations!

They only plan to thrust him down from his high position. They take pleasure in falsehood. They bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse. Selah

and that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love. For you will render to a man according to his work.

But God shoots his arrow at them; they are wounded suddenly.

the one who by his strength established the mountains, being girded with might;

sing the glory of his name; give to him glorious praise!

Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.

who rules by his might forever, whose eyes keep watch on the nations— let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah

Bless our God, O peoples; let the sound of his praise be heard,

Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me!

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song. May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, Selah

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A Song. God shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered; and those who hate him shall flee before him!

Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts; his name is the Lord ; exult before him!

Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.

Why do you look with hatred, O many-peaked mountain, at the mount that God desired for his abode, yes, where the Lord will dwell forever?

But God will strike the heads of his enemies, the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways.

to him who rides in the heavens, the ancient heavens; behold, he sends out his voice, his mighty voice.