Study Desk

I listen carefully to what God the Lord is saying, for he speaks peace to his faithful people. But let them not return to their foolish ways.

Protect me, for I am devoted to you. Save me, for I serve you and trust you. You are my God.

No pagan god is like you, O Lord. None can do what you do!

For you are great and perform wonderful deeds. You alone are God.

With all my heart I will praise you, O Lord my God. I will give glory to your name forever,

O God, insolent people rise up against me; a violent gang is trying to kill me. You mean nothing to them.

But you, O Lord, are a God of compassion and mercy, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.

O city of God, what glorious things are said of you! Interlude

For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah. A song to be sung to the tune "The Suffering of Affliction." A psalm of Heman the Ezrahite. O Lord , God of my salvation, I cry out to you by day. I come to you at night.

The highest angelic powers stand in awe of God. He is far more awesome than all who surround his throne.

O Lord God of Heaven's Armies! Where is there anyone as mighty as you, O Lord ? You are entirely faithful.

And he will call out to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.'

A prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, through all the generations you have been our home!

Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and the world, from beginning to end, you are God.

And may the Lord our God show us his approval and make our efforts successful. Yes, make our efforts successful!

This I declare about the Lord : He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him.

For they are transplanted to the Lord 's own house. They flourish in the courts of our God.

O Lord , the God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, let your glorious justice shine forth!

"The Lord isn't looking," they say, "and besides, the God of Israel doesn't care."

Can unjust leaders claim that God is on their side— leaders whose decrees permit injustice?