Study Desk

Return, O LORD, rescue my soul; Save me because of Your [unfailing] steadfast love and mercy.

My eye grows dim with grief; It grows old because of all my enemies.

Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babes You have established strength Because of Your adversaries, That You might silence the enemy and make the revengeful cease.

"Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise," says the LORD; "I will place him in the safety for which he longs."

I will sing to the LORD, Because He has dealt bountifully with me.

The sorrows [pain and suffering] of those who have chosen another god will be multiplied [because of their idolatry]; I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood, Nor will I take their names upon my lips.

I have set the LORD continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

Then the earth shook and quaked, The foundations of the mountains trembled; They were shaken because He was indignant and angry.

He brought me out into a broad place; He rescued me because He was pleased with me and delighted in me.

His glory is great because of Your victory; Splendor and majesty You bestow upon him.

"He trusted and committed himself to the LORD, let Him save him. Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him."

Teach me Your way, O LORD, And lead me on a level path Because of my enemies [who lie in wait].

Because they have no regard for the works of the LORD Nor the deeds of His hands, He will tear them down and not rebuild them.

Blessed be the LORD, Because He has heard the voice of my supplication.

I will rejoice and be glad in Your steadfast love, Because You have seen my affliction; You have taken note of my life's distresses,

For my life is spent with sorrow And my years with sighing; My strength has failed because of my iniquity, And even my body has wasted away.

Because of all my enemies I have become a reproach and disgrace, Especially to my neighbors, And an object of dread to my acquaintances; Those who see me on the street run from me.

For in Him our heart rejoices, Because we trust [lean on, rely on, and are confident] in His holy name.

Do not worry because of evildoers, Nor be envious toward wrongdoers;

Be still before the LORD; wait patiently for Him and entrust yourself to Him; Do not fret (whine, agonize) because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.