Study Desk

"Listen to this, O Job, Stand and consider the wonders of God.

"Do you know how God establishes them, And makes the lightning of His cloud to shine?

"Out of the north comes golden splendor; Around God is awesome majesty.

When the morning stars sang together And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

"Who prepares for the raven its nourishment When its young cry to God And wander about without food?

Because God has made her forget wisdom, And has not given her a share of understanding.

"Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who reproves God answer it."

"Or do you have an arm like God, And can you thunder with a voice like His?

"He is the first of the ways of God; Let his maker bring near his sword.

Praise the LORD! Praise God in His sanctuary; Praise Him in His mighty expanse.

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

Arise, O Lord ; save me, O my God! For You have smitten all my enemies on the cheek; You have shattered the teeth of the wicked.

For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved me in my distress; Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

Heed the sound of my cry for help, my King and my God, For to You I pray.

For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; No evil dwells with You.

Hold them guilty, O God; By their own devices let them fall! In the multitude of their transgressions thrust them out, For they are rebellious against You.

A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, a Benjamite. O Lord my God, in You I have taken refuge; Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,

O Lord my God, if I have done this, If there is injustice in my hands,

O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.

My shield is with God, Who saves the upright in heart.