Study Desk

O God, You are my God; with deepest longing I will seek You; My soul [my life, my very self] thirsts for You, my flesh longs and sighs for You, In a dry and weary land where there is no water.

But the king will rejoice in God; Everyone who swears by Him [honoring the true God, acknowledging His authority and majesty] will glory, For the mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped.

Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; Guard my life from the terror of the enemy.

But God will shoot them with an [unexpected] arrow; Suddenly they will be wounded.

Then all men will fear [God's judgment]; They will declare the work of God, And they will consider and wisely acknowledge what He has done.

To You belongs silence [the submissive wonder of reverence], and [it bursts into] praise in Zion, O God; And to You the vow shall be performed.

By awesome and wondrous things You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation, You who are the trust and hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea;

You visit the earth and make it overflow [with water]; You greatly enrich it; The stream of God is full of water; You provide their grain, when You have prepared the earth.

Shout joyfully to God, all the earth;

Say to God, "How awesome and fearfully glorious are Your works! Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will pretend to be obedient to You.

Come and see the works of God, He is awesome in His deeds toward the children of men.

Bless our God, O peoples, And make the sound of His praise be heard abroad,

For You have tested us, O God; You have refined us as silver is refined.

Come and hear, all who fear God [and worship Him with awe-inspired reverence and obedience], And I will tell what He has done for me.

But certainly God has heard [me]; He has given heed to the voice of my prayer.

Blessed be God, Who has not turned away my prayer Nor His lovingkindness from me.

God be gracious and kind-hearted to us and bless us, And make His face shine [with favor] on us— Selah.

Let the peoples praise You, O God; Let all the peoples praise You.

Let the peoples praise You, O God; Let all the peoples praise You.

The earth has yielded its harvest [as evidence of His approval]; God, our God, blesses us.