Study Desk

"I will make the horn of David spring forth there; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed.

With a strong hand and an outstretched arm, For His faithfulness is everlasting.

How can we sing the LORD'S song In a foreign land?

Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, LORD, You know it all.

They sharpen their tongues like a snake; The venom of a viper is under their lips. Selah

The proud have hidden a trap for me, and snares; They have spread a net at the wayside; They have set snares for me. Selah

"May a slanderer not endure on the earth; May evil hunt a violent person violently."

Set a guard, LORD, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips.

When my spirit felt weak within me, You knew my path. In the way where I walk They have hidden a trap for me.

I spread out my hands to You; My soul longs for You, like a weary land. Selah

LORD, what is man, that You look after him? Or a son of man, that You think of him?

Man is like the breath; His days are like a passing shadow.

Whose mouth speaks deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

God, I will sing a new song to You; On a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,

Rescue me and save me from the hand of foreigners, Whose mouth speaks deceit And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

When our sons in their youth are like growing plants, And our daughters like corner pillars fashioned for a palace,

He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He does not take pleasure in the legs of a man.

He has also established them forever and ever; He has made a decree, and it will not pass away.

And He has lifted up a horn for His people, Praise for all His godly ones, For the sons of Israel, a people near to Him. Praise the LORD!

Praise the LORD! Sing a new song to the LORD, And His praise in the congregation of the godly ones.