Study Desk

"Everything belongs to the Lord your God. The heavens, even the highest heavens, belong to him. The earth and everything on it belong to him.

When we heard about this, we were very afraid. And now, not one of our men is brave enough to fight you, because the Lord your God rules the heavens above and the earth below!

All the "gods" in other nations are nothing but statues, but the Lord made the heavens!

Let the heavens rejoice and the earth be happy! Let people everywhere say, "The Lord rules!"

Then I prayed this prayer: "My God, I am too ashamed and embarrassed to look at you. I am ashamed because our sins are higher than our heads. Our guilt has reached all the way up to the heavens.

You are God. Lord , only you are God. You made the sky and the highest heavens and everything in them. You made the earth and everything on it. You made the seas and everything in them. You give life to everything. All the heavenly angels bow down and worship you.

That knowledge is higher than the heavens and deeper than the place of death. So what can you do? How can you learn it all?

I look at the heavens you made with your hands. I see the moon and the stars you created.

To the director: A song of David. The heavens tell about the glory of God. The skies announce what his hands have made.

But their message goes throughout the world. Their teaching reaches the ends of the earth. The sun's tent is set up in the heavens.

The Lord spoke the command, and the world was made. The breath from his mouth created everything in the heavens.

God, rise above the heavens! Let all the world see your glory.

Rise above the heavens, God. Let all the world see your glory.

Lord , the heavens praise you for the amazing things you do. The assembly of holy ones sings about your loyalty.

All the "gods" in other nations are nothing but statues, but the Lord made the heavens.

Let the heavens rejoice and the earth be happy! Let the sea and everything in it shout for joy!

Rise above the heavens, God. Let all the world see your glory.

I cried like a bird and moaned like a dove. My eyes became tired, but I continued looking to the heavens. Lord, I am so depressed. Promise to help me."

Hezekiah asked Isaiah, "What is the sign that proves I will get well and go to the Lord 's Temple?" This is the sign from the Lord to show you that he will do what he says: "Look, I am causing the shadow that is on the steps of Ahaz to move back ten steps. The sun's shadow will go back up the ten steps that it has already been on." This is the letter from Hezekiah when he became well: I thought I would live a full life. But now, in the middle of my life, the time has come for me to die. So I said, "I will not see the Lord Yah in the land of the living again. I will not see the people living on earth. My home, my shepherd's tent, is being pulled down and taken from me. I am finished like the cloth someone rolls up and cuts from the loom. You ended my life in such a short time. All night I cried as loud as a lion, but my hopes were crushed like a lion eating bones. You finished my life in such a short time. I cried like a bird and moaned like a dove. My eyes became tired, but I continued looking to the heavens. Lord, I am so depressed. Promise to help me." What can I say? He told me what would happen, and he will make it happen. I have had these troubles in my soul, so now I will be humble all my life. Lord, use this hard time to make my spirit live again. Help my spirit become strong and healthy. Help me become well! Help me live again! Look, my troubles are gone! I now have peace. You love me very much. You did not let me rot in the grave. You took my sins and threw them away. The dead cannot praise you. People in Sheol cannot sing praises to you. Those who have died and gone below are not trusting in your faithfulness. People who are alive, people like me, are the ones who will praise you. Fathers should tell their children about how faithful you are. So I say, "The Lord saved me. So we will sing and play songs in the Lord 's Temple all our lives."

Heavens and earth, be happy! Mountains, shout with joy! The Lord comforts his people. He is good to his poor people.