Study Desk

O my God, my soul is troubled within me. So I remember You from the land of the Jordan and the tops of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

The Lord will send His loving-kindness in the day. And His song will be with me in the night, a prayer to the God of my life.

I will say to God my Rock, "Why have You forgotten me? Why do I have sorrow because those who hate me come against me with power?"

As a breaking of my bones, those who hate me speak sharp words to me. All day long they say to me, "Where is your God?"

Why are you sad, O my soul? Why have you become troubled within me? Hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my help and my God.

Stand by me, O God, and speak in my favor against a sinful nation. Save me from the lying and sinful man.

For You are the God of my strength. Why have You turned away from me? Why do I have sorrow because those who hate me come against me with power?

Then I will go to the altar of God, the God of my joy. And I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.

Why are you sad, O my soul? Why have you become troubled within me? Hope in God, for I will praise Him again, my help and my God.

O God, we have heard with our ears. Our fathers have told us what work You did in their days, in the days long ago.

You are my King, O God. Jacob wins because You say it must be so.

In God we have had our pride all day long. And we will give thanks to Your name forever.

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

would not God find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.

You are more beautiful than the children of men. Loving-favor is poured upon Your lips. So God has honored You forever.

O God, Your throne is forever and ever. You rule Your holy nation by what is right.

You have loved what is right and good. You have hated what is wrong. That is why God, Your God, has chosen You. He has poured over You the oil of joy more than over anyone else.

God is our safe place and our strength. He is always our help when we are in trouble.

There is a river whose waters make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High lives.

God is in the center of her. She will not be moved. God will help her when the morning comes.