Study Desk

For our shield belongs to Yahweh,And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

My lovingkindness I will keep for him forever,And My covenant shall be confirmed to him.

Remember what my span of life is;For what vanity You have created all the sons of men!

For a thousand years in Your sightAre like yesterday when it passes by,Or as a watch in the night.

For we have been consumed by Your angerAnd by Your wrath we have been dismayed.

For all our days have declined in Your fury;We have finished our years like a sigh.

As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years,Or if due to might, eighty years,Yet their pride is but labor and wickedness;For soon it is gone and we fly away.

Return, O Yahweh; how long will it be?And be sorry for Your slaves.

O satisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness,That we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us;And establish for us the work of our hands;Establish the work of our hands.

For it is He who delivers you from the snare of the trapperAnd from the destructive pestilence.

For you have made Yahweh—my refuge,The Most High—your dwelling place.

For He will command His angels concerning you,To guard you in all your ways.

For You, O Yahweh, have made me glad by what You have done,I will sing for joy at the works of Your hands.

For, behold, Your enemies, O Yahweh,For, behold, Your enemies will perish;All the workers of iniquity will be scattered.

That You may grant him calm from the days of calamity,Until a pit is dug for the wicked.

For Yahweh will not abandon His people,Nor will He forsake His inheritance.

For judgment will again be righteous,And all the upright in heart will follow it.

Who will arise for me against evildoers?Who will take his stand for me against workers of iniquity?

Oh come, let us sing for joy to Yahweh,Let us make a loud shout to the rock of our salvation.