Study Desk

Who provides food for the ravens when their young cry out to God and wander about in hunger?

For God has deprived her of wisdom. He has given her no understanding.

Are you as strong as God? Can you thunder with a voice like his?

"Let us break their chains," they cry, "and free ourselves from slavery to God."

So many are saying, "God will never rescue him!" Interlude

Arise, O Lord ! Rescue me, my God! Slap all my enemies in the face! Shatter the teeth of the wicked!

For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by stringed instruments. Answer me when I call to you, O God who declares me innocent. Free me from my troubles. Have mercy on me and hear my prayer.

Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for I pray to no one but you.

O God, you take no pleasure in wickedness; you cannot tolerate the sins of the wicked.

O God, declare them guilty. Let them be caught in their own traps. Drive them away because of their many sins, for they have rebelled against you.

A psalm of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush of the tribe of Benjamin. I come to you for protection, O Lord my God. Save me from my persecutors—rescue me!

O Lord my God, if I have done wrong or am guilty of injustice,

Arise, O Lord , in anger! Stand up against the fury of my enemies! Wake up, my God, and bring justice!

End the evil of those who are wicked, and defend the righteous. For you look deep within the mind and heart, O righteous God.

God is my shield, saving those whose hearts are true and right.

God is an honest judge. He is angry with the wicked every day.

If a person does not repent, God will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.

Yet you made them only a little lower than God and crowned them with glory and honor.

The wicked will go down to the grave. This is the fate of all the nations who ignore God.

The wicked are too proud to seek God. They seem to think that God is dead.