Study Desk

I am under an agreement with You, O God. I will give You gifts of thanks.

For You have been a safe place for me, a tower of strength where I am safe from those who fight against me.

I have cried until I am tired. My mouth is dry. My eyes become weak while I wait for my God.

Those who hate me, without a reason, are more than the hairs on my head. Those who want to destroy me are powerful. I am made to return things that I did not steal.

O God, You know how foolish I am. My sins are not hidden from You.

Those who sit by the gate talk about me. And I am the song of those who drink too much.

Do not hide Your face from Your servant, for I am in trouble. Hurry to answer me.

But I am suffering and in pain. O God, may You save me and set me up on high.

But I am poor and in need. Hurry to me, O God! You are my help and the One Who takes me out of trouble. O Lord, do not wait.

Do not let me fall by the way when I am old. Do not leave me alone when my strength is gone.

Even when I am old and my hair is turning white, O God, do not leave me alone. Let me tell about Your strength to all the people living now, and about Your power to all who are to come.

Yet I am always with You. You hold me by my right hand.

When I remember God, then I am troubled. When I am in deep thought, then my spirit becomes weak.

You keep my eyes from closing. I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

I, the Lord, am your God. I brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.

Hear, O Lord, and answer me. For I am suffering and in need.

Keep my life, for I am faithful to You. You are my God. Save Your servant who trusts in You.

I am added among those who go down into the deep hole. I am like a man without strength.

I am left among the dead, like those who have been killed and lie in the grave, whom You remember no more. They are cut off from Your help.

You have taken my good friends far from me. You have made me hated by them. I am shut in and cannot go out.