Study Desk

God deserves praise, for he did not reject my prayer or abandon his love for me!

For the music director; to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm, a song. May God show us his favor and bless us! May he smile on us! (Selah)

Let the nations thank you, O God! Let all the nations thank you!

Let the nations thank you, O God! Let all the nations thank you!

The earth yields its crops. May God, our God, bless us!

May God bless us! Then all the ends of the earth will give him the honor he deserves.

For the music director; by David, a psalm, a song. God springs into action! His enemies scatter; his adversaries run from him.

As smoke is driven away by the wind, so you drive them away. As wax melts before fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God.

But the godly are happy; they rejoice before God and are overcome with joy.

Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Exalt the one who rides on the clouds! For the Lord is his name! Rejoice before him!

He is a father to the fatherless and an advocate for widows. God rules from his holy palace.

God settles those who have been deserted in their own homes; he frees prisoners and grants them prosperity. But sinful rebels live in the desert.

O God, when you lead your people into battle, when you march through the desert, (Selah)

the earth shakes, yes, the heavens pour down rain before God, the God of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.

O God, you cause abundant showers to fall on your chosen people. When they are tired, you sustain them,

for you live among them. You sustain the oppressed with your good blessings, O God.

Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks, at the mountain where God has decided to live? Indeed the Lord will live there permanently!

God has countless chariots; they number in the thousands. The Lord comes from Sinai in holy splendor.

You ascend on high, you have taken many captives. You receive tribute from men, including even sinful rebels. Indeed the Lord God lives there!

The Lord deserves praise! Day after day he carries our burden, the God who delivers us. (Selah)