Study Desk

Being put to shame has broken my heart, and I feel very sick. I looked for pity but there was none. I looked for someone to comfort me but there was no one.

But I am suffering and in pain. O God, may You save me and set me up on high.

But I am poor and in need. Hurry to me, O God! You are my help and the One Who takes me out of trouble. O Lord, do not wait.

But as for me, I will always have hope and I will praise You more and more.

You have shown me many troubles of all kinds. But You will make me strong again. And You will bring me up again from deep in the earth.

But as for me, my feet came close to falling. My steps had almost tripped.

Whom have I in heaven but You? I want nothing more on earth, but You.

My body and my heart may grow weak, but God is the strength of my heart and all I need forever.

But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Lord God my safe place. So I may tell of all the things You have done.

But God is the One Who decides. He puts down one and brings respect to another.

But as for me, I will tell of it forever. I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

He will cut off all the horns of the sinful. But the horns of those who are right with God will be lifted up.

We will not hide them from their children. But we will tell the children-to-come the praises of the Lord, and of His power and the great things He has done.

The sons of Ephraim were ready with their bows. But they turned away in the day of fighting.

But they still kept on sinning against Him. They did not obey the Most High in the desert.

But before they had eaten all they wanted, even while it was still in their mouths,

But still they kept on sinning. They did not believe in His powerful works.

But they gave Him false honor with their mouth. They lied to Him with their tongue.

But He showed them loving-kindness and forgave their sins. He did not destroy them. He held back His anger many times. He did not let all of His anger loose.

He made a straight path for His anger. He did not save their soul from death. But He gave their lives over to all these troubles.