Study Desk

For the choir director; on a stringed instrument. A Psalm of David.

^(a)Hear my cry, O God; ^(b)Give heed to my prayer.

From the ^(c)end of the earth I call to You when my heart is ^(d)faint; Lead me to ^(e)the rock that is higher than I.

For You have been a ^(f)refuge for me, A ^(g)tower of strength ^[a]against the enemy.

Let me ^[b](h)dwell in Your tent forever; Let me ⁽ⁱ⁾take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. ^[c]Selah.

For You have heard my ^(j)vows, O God; You have given me the inheritance of those who ^(k)fear Your name.

You will ^[d](l)prolong the king's ^[e]life; His years will be as many generations.

He will ^[f]abide ^(m)before God forever; Appoint ⁽ⁿ⁾lovingkindness and truth that they may preserve him.

So I will ^(o)sing praise to Your name forever, That I may ^(p)pay my vows day by day.

For the choir director; ^[a]according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

^(a)My soul waits in silence for God only; From Him ^(b)is my salvation.

He only is my ^(c)rock and my salvation, My ^(d)stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken.

How long will you assail a man, That you may murder him, all of you, Like a ^(e)leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

They have counseled only to thrust him down from his high position; They ^(f)delight in falsehood; They ^(g)bless with ^[b]their mouth, But inwardly they curse. ^[c]Selah.

My soul, ^(h)wait in silence for God only, For my hope is from Him.

He only is ⁽ⁱ⁾my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be shaken.

On God my ^(j)salvation and my glory rest; The rock of my strength, my ^(k)refuge is in God.

^(l)Trust in Him at all times, O people; ^(m)Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah.

Men of ⁽ⁿ⁾low degree are only ^(o)vanity and men of rank are a ^(p)lie; In the ^(q)balances they go up; They are together lighter than breath.

^(r)Do not trust in oppression And do not ^[d]vainly hope in ^(s)robbery; If riches increase, ^(t)do not set your heart upon them.

^[e]Once God has ^(u)spoken; ^[f]Twice I have heard this: That ^(v)power belongs to God;

And lovingkindness ^(w)is Yours, O Lord, For You ^(x)recompense a man according to his work.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David. A Song.

There will be silence ^[a]before You, and praise in Zion, O God, And to You the ^(a)vow will be performed.

O You who hear prayer, To You ^(b)all ^[b]men come.

^[c](c)Iniquities prevail against me; As for our transgressions, You ^[d](d)forgive them.

How ^(e)blessed is the one whom You ^(f)choose and bring near to You To dwell in Your courts. We will be ^(g)satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Your holy temple.

By ^(h)awesome deeds You answer us in righteousness, O ⁽ⁱ⁾God of our salvation, You who are the trust of all the ^(j)ends of the earth and of the farthest ^[e](k)sea;

Who ^(l)establishes the mountains by His strength, Being ^(m)girded with might;

Who ⁽ⁿ⁾stills the roaring of the seas, The roaring of their waves, And the ^(o)tumult of the peoples.

They who dwell in the ^(p)ends of the earth stand in awe of Your signs; You make the ^[f]dawn and the sunset shout for joy.

You visit the earth and ^(q)cause it to overflow; You greatly ^(r)enrich it; The ^[g](s)stream of God is full of water; You prepare their ^(t)grain, for thus You prepare ^[h]the earth.

You water its furrows abundantly, You ^[i]settle its ridges, You soften it ^(u)with showers, You bless its growth.

You have crowned the year ^[j]with Your ^[k](v)bounty, And Your ^[l]paths ^(w)drip with fatness.

^(x)The pastures of the wilderness drip, And the ^(y)hills gird themselves with rejoicing.

The meadows are ^(z)clothed with flocks And the valleys are ^(aa)covered with grain; They ^(ab)shout for joy, yes, they sing.