Study Desk

Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider the wonderful works of God.

Do you know when God placed them, and caused the lightning of His cloud to shine?

Golden splendor comes out of the north; God is awesome in His majesty.

when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Who provides food for the raven, when its young ones cry to God and wander about without food?

because God has made her forget wisdom; and He has not given to her a share in understanding.

Shall a reprover contend with the Almighty? He who reproves God, let him answer it.

And have you an arm like God; or can you thunder with a voice like His?

he is the first in the ways of God; his Maker brings near his sword.

Many are saying of my soul, There is no salvation for him in God. Selah.

Arise, O Jehovah! Save me, O my God. For You have struck all my enemies on the cheekbone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.

To the chief musician, for stringed instruments, A Psalm of David. Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. You gave room to me in distress. Have mercy on me and hear my prayer.

Attend to the voice of my cry, my King and my God; for I will pray to You.

For You are not a God enjoying wickedness; nor shall evil live with You.

O God, hold them guilty; let them fall from their own counsels. Drive them away in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against You.

A song of David, which he sang to Jehovah on the words of Cush the Benjamite. O Jehovah my God, I seek refuge in You; save me from all who pursue me, and deliver me,

O Jehovah, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,

Oh let the evil of the wicked come to an end; and You will establish the just; for the righteous God is a trier of hearts and reins.

My defense is on God, who saves the upright of heart.

God is a righteous judge; and God is angry with evildoers every day.