Study Desk

-"^(C1)Hope of Israel, Its ^(C2)Savior in ^(C3)time of distress, Why are You like a stranger in the land, Or like a traveler who has pitched his tent for the night?

Are there any among the ^(F1)(C1)idols of the nations who ^(C2)give rain? Or can the heavens grant showers? Is it not You, LORD our God? Therefore we ^(C3)wait for You, For You are the one who has done all these things.

LORD, the ^(C1)hope of Israel, All who ^(C2)abandon You will be put to shame. Those who turn ^(F1)away on earth will be ^(C3)written down, Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, that is the LORD.

'For I know the ^(C1)plans that I ^(F1)have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans for ^(F2)(C2)prosperity and not for disaster, to give you a future and a ^(C3)hope.

-"All who found them have devoured them; And their adversaries have said, '^(C1)We are not guilty, Since they have sinned against the LORD who is the ^(C2)habitation of righteousness, The LORD, the ^(C3)hope of their fathers.'