Study Desk

Till I have got a place for the Lord, a resting-place for the great God of Jacob.

You who are in the house of the Lord, and in the open spaces of the house of our God,

O give praise to the God of gods: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

O give praise to the God of heaven: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

How dear are your thoughts to me, O God! how great is the number of them!

If only you would put the sinners to death, O God; go far from me, you men of blood.

O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested:

I have said to the Lord, You are my God: give ear, O Lord, to the voice of my prayer.

O Lord God, the strength of my salvation, you have been a cover over my head in the day of the fight.

Let the upright give me punishment; and let the god-fearing man put me in the right way; but I will not let the oil of sinners come on my head: when they do evil I will give myself to prayer.

But my eyes are turned to you, O Lord God: my hope is in you; let not my soul be given up to death.

Give me teaching so that I may do your pleasure; for you are my God: let your good Spirit be my guide into the land of righteousness.

Praise be to the God of my strength, teaching my hands the use of the sword, and my fingers the art of fighting:

I will make a new song to you, O God; I will make melody to you on an instrument of ten cords.

It is God who gives salvation to kings; and who kept his servant David from the wounding sword.

Happy is the nation whose ways are so ordered: yes, happy is the nation whose God is the Lord.

Let me give glory to you, O God, my King; and blessing to your name for ever and ever.

While I have breath I will give praise to the Lord: I will make melody to my God while I have my being.

Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

The Lord will be King for ever; your God, O Zion, will be King through all generations. Praise be to the Lord.