Study Desk

The proud have hidden a trap for me. With ropes they have spread a net. They have set traps for me beside the road.

"As for those who gather around me, may the wrong-doing of their lips come upon their heads.

I know that the Lord will stand by those who suffer and do what is right for the poor.

For sure those who are right and good will give thanks to Your name. Those who are right will live with You.

When their rulers are thrown down from high rocks, they will hear my words, for they are true.

For my eyes are toward You, O God the Lord. In You I have a safe place. Do not leave me without help.

Keep me from the trap they have set for me. Keep me from the nets of those who do wrong.

When my spirit had grown weak within me, You knew my path. They have hidden a trap for me in the way where I walk.

Look to the right and see. For there is no one who thinks about me. There is no place for me to go to be safe. No one cares about my soul.

Listen to my cry, for I am brought down. Save me from those who make it hard for me. For they are too strong for me.

Bring my soul out of prison, so that I may give thanks to Your name. Those who are right and good will gather around me. For You will give much to me."

Hear my prayer, O Lord. Listen when I ask for help. Answer me because You are faithful and right.

Do not find Your servant guilty, for no man living is right and good in Your eyes.

For the one who hates me has made it hard for my soul. He has crushed my life to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, like those who have been dead for a long time.

I put out my hands to You. My soul is thirsty for You like a dry land.

Let me hear Your loving-kindness in the morning, for I trust in You. Teach me the way I should go for I lift up my soul to You.

Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. Let Your good Spirit lead me on a straight path.

In Your loving-kindness cut off those who hate me. Destroy all those who make it hard for my soul, for I am Your servant.

Praise and thanks be to the Lord, my rock. He makes my hands ready for war, and my fingers for battle.

The Lord is great and our praise to Him should be great. He is too great for anyone to understand.