Study Desk

For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of David.

O Lord , our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth, Who have ^[a](a)displayed Your splendor above the heavens!

^(b)From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established ^[b](c)strength Because of Your adversaries, To make ^(d)the enemy and the revengeful cease.

When I ^[c](e)consider ^(f)Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The ^(g)moon and the stars, which You have ^[d]ordained;

^(h)What is man that You ^[e]take thought of him, And the son of man that You care for him?

Yet You have made him a ⁽ⁱ⁾little lower than ^[f]God, And ^(j)You crown him with ^(k)glory and majesty!

You make him to ^(l)rule over the works of Your hands; You have ^(m)put all things under his feet,

All sheep and oxen, And also the ^[g]beasts of the field,

The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

⁽ⁿ⁾O Lord , our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth!

For the choir director; on ^[a]Muth-labben. A Psalm of David.

I will give thanks to the Lord with all ^(a)my heart; I will ^(b)tell of all Your ^[b]wonders.

I will be glad and ^(c)exult in You; I will ^(d)sing praise to Your name, O ^(e)Most High.

When my enemies turn back, They stumble and ^(f)perish before You.

For You have ^(g)maintained ^[c]my just cause; You have sat on the throne ^[d](h)judging righteously.

You have ⁽ⁱ⁾rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have ^(j)blotted out their name forever and ever.

^[e]The enemy has come to an end in perpetual ruins, And You have uprooted the cities; The very ^(k)memory of them has perished.

But the ^(l) Lord ^[f]abides forever; He has established His ^(m)throne for judgment,

And He will ⁽ⁿ⁾judge the world in righteousness; He will execute judgment for the peoples with equity.

^[g]The Lord also will be a ^(o)stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of trouble;

And ^[h]those who ^(p)know Your name will put their trust in You, For You, O Lord , have not ^(q)forsaken those who seek You.

Sing praises to the Lord , who ^(r)dwells in Zion; ^(s)Declare among the peoples His deeds.

For ^(t)He who ^[i]requires blood remembers them; He does not forget ^(u)the cry of the afflicted.

Be gracious to me, O Lord ; See my affliction from those ^(v)who hate me, You who ^(w)lift me up from the gates of death,

That I may tell of ^(x)all Your praises, That in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may ^(y)rejoice in Your ^[j]salvation.

The nations have sunk down ^(z)in the pit which they have made; In the ^(aa)net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.

The Lord has ^(ab)made Himself known; He has ^(ac)executed judgment. In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared. ^[k]Higgaion ^[l]Selah.

The wicked will ^[m](ad)return to ^[n]Sheol, Even all the nations who ^(ae)forget God.

For the ^(af)needy will not always be forgotten, Nor the ^(ag)hope of the afflicted perish forever.

^(ah)Arise, O Lord , do not let man prevail; Let the nations be ^(ai)judged before You.

Put them ^(aj)in fear, O Lord ; Let the nations know that they are ^(ak)but men. Selah.