Study Desk

I hope for Your saving power, O Lord, and I follow Your Word.

I obey Your Law, for I love it very much.

I obey Your Word and Laws, for You know all my ways.

May praise come from my lips, for You teach me Your Law.

May my tongue sing about Your Word, for all of Your Word is right and good.

May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your Law.

I have much desire for Your saving power, O Lord. Your Law is my joy.

I have gone from the way like a lost sheep. Look for Your servant, for I do not forget Your Word.

It is bad for me, for I travel in Meshech and live among the tents of Kedar!

I am for peace. But when I speak, they are for war.

For thrones were set there for telling who is guilty or not, the thrones of the house of David.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. May all go well for those who love you.

I will now say, "May peace be within you," for the good of my brothers and my friends.

Because of the house of the Lord our God, I will pray for your good.

Show loving-kindness to us, O Lord. Show loving-kindness to us. For we have had our fill of hate.

For the sinful will not rule over the land of those who are right with God. So those who are right and good may not use their hands to do wrong.

Then we laughed with our mouths, and we sang with our tongues. Then it was said among the nations, "The Lord has done great things for them."

The Lord has done great things for us and we are glad.

Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders work for nothing. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the men who watch over it stay awake for nothing.

You rise up early, and go to bed late, and work hard for your food, all for nothing. For the Lord gives to His loved ones even while they sleep.