Study Desk

Let them hope that bad things will happen. But You make good things happen. Let them be ashamed when they rise up against me. But let Your servant be full of joy.

But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever He wants to do.

They have mouths but they cannot speak. They have eyes but they cannot see.

They have ears but they cannot hear. They have noses but they cannot smell.

They have hands but they cannot feel. They have feet but they cannot walk. They cannot make a sound come out of their mouths.

The heavens belong to the Lord. But He has given the earth to the children of men.

But we will give honor and thanks to the Lord, now and forever. Praise the Lord!

All nations gathered around me. But I cut them off in the name of the Lord.

They gathered around me. Yes, they were on every side. But I cut them off in the name of the Lord.

You pushed me back so that I was falling, but the Lord helped me.

I will not die but live. And I will tell of what the Lord has done.

The Lord has punished me but He has not given me over to death.

They also do not sin, but walk in His ways.

The proud always laugh at me, but I do not turn away from Your Law.

The ropes of the sinful are all around me, but I have not forgotten Your Law.

Before I suffered I went the wrong way, but now I obey Your Word.

Their heart is covered with fat, but I find joy in Your Law.

May the proud be ashamed, because they do wrong to me for no reason, but I will think about Your Law.

My soul becomes weak with desire for Your saving power, but I have put my hope in Your Word.

I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, but I do not forget Your Law.