Study Desk

May the people praise You, O God. May all the people praise You.

The earth has given its fruit. God, our God, will bring good to us.

God will bring good to us, and all the ends of the earth will fear Him.

May God rise up. May those who hate Him be divided. And may they run away from Him.

Drive them away like smoke in the wind. Let the sinful be destroyed before God like a candle melts by the fire.

But let those who are right and good be glad. Let them be happy before God. Yes, let them be full of joy.

Sing to God. Sing praises to His name. Make a road for Him Who goes through the deserts. The Lord is His name. Be full of joy before Him.

God in His holy house is a father to those who have no father. And He keeps the women safe whose husbands have died.

God makes a home for those who are alone. He leads men out of prison into happiness and well-being. But those who fight against Him live in an empty desert.

O God, when You went out before Your people, when You walked through the desert,

the earth shook. The heavens poured down rain before God. And Sinai shook before God, the God of Israel.

You sent a heavy rain, O God. You brought life back to Your promised land when it was dry.

Your people made it their home. O God, You gave the poor what they needed because You are good.

A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan. A mountain of many high tops is the mountain of Bashan.

O mountains of many high tops, why do you look with jealousy at the mountain which God has chosen for His home? For sure, the Lord will live there forever.

The war-wagons of God are 20,000, even thousands of thousands. The Lord is among them, as at Sinai, in the holy place.

You have gone up on high. You have taken those who were held with You. You have received gifts of men, even among those who fought against You. So the Lord God may live there with them.

Honor and thanks be to the Lord, Who carries our heavy loads day by day. He is the God Who saves us.

Our God is a God Who sets us free. The way out of death belongs to God the Lord.

But God will break the head of those who hate Him, the hair-covered head of him who goes on in his sins.