Study Desk

By the breath of God ice is given, And the broad waters are frozen.

"Listen to this, O Job; Stand still and consider the wondrous works of God.

Do you know when God dispatches them, And causes the light of His cloud to shine?

He comes from the north as golden splendor; With God is awesome 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 for lack of food?

Because God deprived her of wisdom, And did not endow her with understanding.

"Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? He who rebukes God, let him answer it."

Have you an arm like God? Or can you thunder with a voice like His?

He is the first of the ways of God; Only He who made him can bring near His sword.

Many are they who say of me, "There is no help for him in God."Selah

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

Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved me in my distress; Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.

Give heed to the voice of my cry, My King and my God, For to You I will pray.

For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness, Nor shall evil dwell with You.

Pronounce them guilty, O God! Let them fall by their own counsels; Cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions, For they have rebelled against You.

A Meditation [fn] of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O Lord my God, in You I put my trust;Save me from all those who persecute me;And deliver me,

O LORD my God, if I have done this: If there is iniquity in my hands,

Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, But establish the just; For the righteous God tests the hearts and minds.

My defense is of God, Who saves the upright in heart.