Study Desk

"For, behold, the wicked bend the bow, They have set their arrow on the string To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

For the LORD is righteous, He loves righteousness; The upright will see His face.

Help, LORD, for the godly person has come to an end, For the faithful have disappeared from the sons of mankind.

"Because of the devastation of the poor, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise," says the LORD; "I will put him in the safety for which he longs."

There they are in great dread, For God is with a righteous generation.

Protect me, God, for I take refuge in You.

As for the saints who are on the earth, They are the majestic ones; all my delight is in them.

The measuring lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; Indeed, my inheritance is beautiful to me.

For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol; You will not allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.

As for the works of mankind, by the word of Your lips I have kept from the ways of the violent.

I have called upon You, for You will answer me, God; Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.

As for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied with Your likeness when I awake.

In my distress I called upon the LORD, And cried to my God for help; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.

He saved me from my strong enemy, And from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.

For I have kept the ways of the LORD, And have not acted wickedly against my God.

For all His judgments were before me, And I did not put away His statutes from me.

For You save an afflicted people, But You humiliate haughty eyes.

For You light my lamp; The LORD my God illumines my darkness.

For by You I can run at a troop of warriors; And by my God I can leap over a wall.

As for God, His way is blameless; The word of the LORD is refined; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.