Study Desk

I am your servant; give me understanding, so that I may know your teachings.

Save me from those who oppress me, so that I may obey your commands.

Give me life, so that I may praise you; may your instructions help me.

But you forgive us, so that we should stand in awe of you.

so that everyone will know your mighty deeds and the glorious majesty of your kingdom.

He made his nation strong, so that all his people praise him— the people of Israel, so dear to him. Praise the Lord !

so that they can understand the hidden meanings of proverbs and the problems that the wise raise.

Arrogance should be punished, so that people who don't know any better can learn a lesson. If you are wise, you will learn when you are corrected.

God gives wisdom, knowledge, and happiness to those who please him, but he makes sinners work, earning and saving, so that what they get can be given to those who please him. It is all useless. It is like chasing the wind.

Don't let your own words lead you into sin, so that you have to tell God's priest that you didn't mean it. Why make God angry with you? Why let him destroy what you have worked for?

Most beautiful of women, where has your lover gone? Tell us which way your lover went, so that we can help you find him.

Moneylenders oppress my people, and their creditors cheat them. My people, your leaders are misleading you, so that you do not know which way to turn.

When that time comes, seven women will grab hold of one man and say, "We can feed and clothe ourselves, but please let us say you are our husband, so that we won't have to endure the shame of being unmarried."

You say, "Let the Lord hurry up and do what he says he will, so that we can see it. Let Israel's holy God carry out his plans; let's see what he has in mind."

Then he said to me, "Make the minds of these people dull, their ears deaf, and their eyes blind, so that they cannot see or hear or understand. If they did, they might turn to me and be healed."

The Lord will dry up the Gulf of Suez, and he will bring a hot wind to dry up the Euphrates, leaving only seven tiny streams, so that anyone can walk across.

"I watch over it and water it continually. I guard it night and day so that no one will harm it.

God told me to write down in a book what the people are like, so that there would be a permanent record of how evil they are.

Now, Lord our God, rescue us from the Assyrians, so that all the nations of the world will know that you alone are God."

Come here and predict what will happen, so that we will know it when it takes place. Explain to the court the events of the past, and tell us what they mean.