Study Desk

I will always thank you, God, for what you have done; in the presence of your people I will proclaim that you are good.

Fools say to themselves, "There is no God." They are all corrupt, and they have done terrible things; there is no one who does what is right.

God looks down from heaven at people to see if there are any who are wise, any who worship him.

"Don't they know?" God asks. "Are these evildoers ignorant? They live by robbing my people, and they never pray to me."

But then they will become terrified, as they have never been before, for God will scatter the bones of the enemies of his people. God has rejected them, and so Israel will totally defeat them.

How I pray that victory will come to Israel from Zion. How happy the people of Israel will be when God makes them prosperous again!

Save me by your power, O God; set me free by your might!

Hear my prayer, O God; listen to my words!

Proud people are coming to attack me; cruel people are trying to kill me— those who do not care about God.

But God is my helper. The Lord is my defender.

May God use their own evil to punish my enemies. He will destroy them because he is faithful.

Hear my prayer, O God; don't turn away from my plea!

But I call to the Lord God for help, and he will save me.

God, who has ruled from eternity, will hear me and defeat them; for they refuse to change, and they do not fear him.

But you, O God, will bring those murderers and liars to their graves before half their life is over. As for me, I will trust in you.

Be merciful to me, O God, because I am under attack; my enemies persecute me all the time.

I trust in God and am not afraid; I praise him for what he has promised. What can a mere human being do to me?

Punish them, O God, for their evil; defeat those people in your anger!

The day I call to you, my enemies will be turned back. I know this: God is on my side—

O God, I will offer you what I have promised; I will give you my offering of thanksgiving,