Study Desk

The north and the south, You have created them; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.

For You are the glory of their strength, And by Your favor our horn is exalted.

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

"I will maintain My favor for him forever, And My covenant shall be confirmed to him.

Remember what my lifespan is; For what futility You have created all the sons of mankind!

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

For we have been consumed by Your anger, And we have been terrified by Your wrath.

For all our days have dwindled away 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 strength, eighty years, Yet their pride is only trouble and tragedy; For it quickly passes, and we disappear.

Do return, LORD; how long will it be? And be sorry for Your servants.

Satisfy us in the morning with Your graciousness, That we may sing for joy and rejoice all our days.

May the kindness of the Lord our God be upon us; And confirm for us the work of our hands; Yes, confirm the work of our hands.

For it is He who rescues you from the net of the trapper And from the deadly plague.

For you have made the LORD, my refuge, The Most High, your dwelling place.

For He will give His angels orders concerning you, To protect you in all your ways.

For You, LORD, have made me joyful by what You have done, I will sing for joy over the works of Your hands.

For, behold, Your enemies, LORD, For, behold, Your enemies will perish; All who do injustice will be scattered.

So that You may grant him relief from the days of adversity, Until a pit is dug for the wicked.

For the LORD will not abandon His people, Nor will He abandon His inheritance.

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