Study Desk

As for me, You uphold me in my integrity, And You set me in Your presence forever.

As the deer pants [longingly] for the water brooks, So my soul pants [longingly] for You, O God.

My soul (my life, my inner self) thirsts for God, for the living God. When will I come and see the face of God?

Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why have you become restless and disturbed within me? Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall again praise Him For the help of His presence.

Why are you in despair, O my soul? Why have you become restless and disquieted within me? Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.

For You are the God of my strength [my stronghold—in whom I take refuge]; 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 restless and disturbed within me? Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall again praise Him, The help of my [sad] countenance and my God.

For our fathers did not possess the land [of Canaan] by their own sword, Nor did their own arm save them, But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence, Because You favored and delighted in them.

You are my King, O God; Command victories and deliverance for Jacob (Israel).

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

You make us turn back from the enemy, And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.

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

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

For our life has melted away into the dust; Our body clings to the ground.

Rise up! Come be our help, And ransom us for the sake of Your steadfast love.

And in Your majesty ride on triumphantly For the cause of truth and humility and righteousness; Let Your right hand guide You to awesome things.

For the LORD Most High is to be feared [and worshiped with awe-inspired reverence and obedience]; He is a great King over all the earth.

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

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

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