Study Desk

If we had forgotten the name of our God, or spread out our hands to a strange god,

would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

You are the most handsome of men; grace is poured upon your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.

Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever. Your royal scepter is a scepter of equity;

you love righteousness and hate wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;

To the leader. Of the Korahites. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High.

God is in the midst of the city; it shall not be moved; God will help it when the morning dawns.

The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah

"Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth."

The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah

To the leader. Of the Korahites. A Psalm. Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout to God with loud songs of joy.

God has gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.

Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises.

For God is the king of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm.

God is king over the nations; God sits on his holy throne.

The princes of the peoples gather as the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; he is highly exalted.

A Song. A Psalm of the Korahites. Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised in the city of our God. His holy mountain,

Within its citadels God has shown himself a sure defense.

As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God, which God establishes forever. Selah