Study Desk

The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.

There they are in great terror, for God is with the generation of the righteous.

A Miktam of David. Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.

The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply; their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names on my lips.

I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me; hear my words.

The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

In my distress I called upon the Lord ; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.

For I have kept the ways of the Lord , and have not wickedly departed from my God.

For it is you who light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness.

For by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.

This God—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

For who is God, but the Lord ? And who is a rock, except our God?—

the God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless.

The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation—

the God who gave me vengeance and subdued peoples under me,

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob protect you!

May we shout for joy over your salvation, and in the name of our God set up our banners! May the Lord fulfill all your petitions!

Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.

To the choirmaster: according to The Doe of the Dawn. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?