Study Desk

ש Sin and Shin

Rulers persecute me^(kb) without cause, but my heart trembles^(kc) at your word.

I rejoice^(kd) in your promise like one who finds great spoil.^(ke)

I hate and detest^(kf) falsehood but I love your law.^(kg)

Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous laws.^(kh)

Great peace^(ki) have those who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.^(kj)

I wait for your salvation,^(kk) Lord , and I follow your commands.

I obey your statutes, for I love them^(kl) greatly.

I obey your precepts^(km) and your statutes,^(kn) for all my ways are known^(ko) to you.

ת Taw

May my cry come^(kp) before you, Lord ; give me understanding^(kq) according to your word.^(kr)

May my supplication come^(ks) before you; deliver me^(kt) according to your promise.^(ku)

May my lips overflow with praise,^(kv) for you teach me^(kw) your decrees.

May my tongue sing^(kx) of your word, for all your commands are righteous.^(ky)

May your hand be ready to help^(kz) me, for I have chosen^(la) your precepts.

I long for your salvation,^(lb) Lord , and your law gives me delight.^(lc)

Let me live^(ld) that I may praise you, and may your laws sustain me.

I have strayed like a lost sheep.^(le) Seek your servant, for I have not forgotten^(lf) your commands.

A song of ascents.

I call on the Lord ^(a) in my distress,^(b) and he answers me.

Save me, Lord , from lying lips^(c) and from deceitful tongues.^(d)

What will he do to you, and what more besides, you deceitful tongue?

He will punish you with a warrior's sharp arrows,^(e) with burning coals of the broom bush.

Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek, that I live among the tents of Kedar!^(f)

Too long have I lived among those who hate peace.

I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.

A song of ascents.

I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from?

My help comes from the Lord , the Maker of heaven^(a) and earth.^(b)

He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will not slumber;

indeed, he who watches^(c) over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord watches over^(d) you— the Lord is your shade at your right hand;

the sun^(e) will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.

The Lord will keep you from all harm^(f)— he will watch over your life;

the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.^(g)

A song of ascents. Of David.

I rejoiced with those who said to me, "Let us go to the house of the Lord ."

Our feet are standing in your gates, Jerusalem.

Jerusalem is built like a city that is closely compacted together.

That is where the tribes go up— the tribes of the Lord — to praise the name of the Lord according to the statute given to Israel.

There stand the thrones for judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: "May those who love^(a) you be secure.

May there be peace^(b) within your walls and security within your citadels.^(c)"

For the sake of my family and friends, I will say, "Peace be within you."

For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your prosperity.^(d)

A song of ascents.

I lift up my eyes to you, to you who sit enthroned^(a) in heaven.

As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a female slave look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord ^(b) our God, till he shows us his mercy.

Have mercy on us, Lord , have mercy on us, for we have endured no end of contempt.

We have endured no end of ridicule from the arrogant, of contempt from the proud.

A song of ascents. Of David.

If the Lord had not been on our side— let Israel say^(a)—

if the Lord had not been on our side when people attacked us,

they would have swallowed us alive when their anger flared against us;

the flood^(b) would have engulfed us, the torrent^(c) would have swept over us,

the raging waters would have swept us away.

Praise be to the Lord , who has not let us be torn by their teeth.

We have escaped like a bird from the fowler's snare;^(d) the snare has been broken,^(e) and we have escaped.

Our help is in the name^(f) of the Lord , the Maker of heaven^(g) and earth.