Study Desk

For You are the God of my strength; why have You rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.

For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. O God, we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have told us The work that You did in their days, In the days of old.

For by their own sword they did not possess the land, And their own arm did not save them, But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence, For You favored them.

You are my King, O God; Command victories for Jacob.

For I will not trust in my bow, Nor will my sword save me.

You cause us to turn back from the adversary; And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.

Would not God find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.

But for Your sake we are killed all day long; We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

For our soul has sunk down into the dust; Our body cleaves to the earth.

Rise up, be our help, And redeem us for the sake of Your lovingkindness.

For the choir director; according to the Shoshannim. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. A Song of Love. My heart overflows with a good theme; I address my verses to the King; My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

And in Your majesty ride on victoriously, For the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness; Let Your right hand teach You awesome things.

For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah, set to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.

For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. O clap your hands, all peoples; Shout to God with the voice of joy.

For the Lord Most High is to be feared, A great King over all the earth.

He chooses our inheritance for us, The glory of Jacob whom He loves. Selah.

For God is the King of all the earth; Sing praises with a skillful psalm.

The princes of the people have assembled themselves as the people of the God of Abraham, For the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted.

For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, They passed by together.