Psalm 128

New American Standard Bible

Blessedness of the Fear of the Lord.

A Song of Ascents.

128 ^(A)Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord,
Who ^(B)walks in His ways.
²When you ^(C)eat the ^(D)fruit of the labor of your hands,
You will be happy and ^(E)it will go well for you.
³Your wife will be like a ^(F)fruitful vine
^[a]Within your house,
Your children like ^(G)olive plants
Around your table.
⁴Behold, for so shall a man
Who fears the Lord be blessed.

⁵^(H)The Lord bless you ^(I)from Zion,
And may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
⁶Indeed, may you see your ^(J)children’s children.
^(K)Peace be upon Israel!

Footnotes

Psalm 128:3 Lit In the innermost parts of

Psalm 130

New American Standard Bible

Hope in the Lord’s Forgiving Love.

A Song of Ascents.

130 Out of the ^(A)depths I have cried to You, Lord.
²Lord, ^(B)hear my voice!
Let ^(C)Your ears be attentive
To the ^(D)sound of my pleadings.
³If You, ^[a]Lord, were to keep account of guilty deeds,
Lord, who could ^(E)stand?
⁴But there is ^(F)forgiveness with You,
So that You may be ^[b]^(G)revered.

⁵I wait for the Lord, my ^(H)soul waits,
And I ^[c]wait ^(I)for His word.
⁶My soul waits in hope for the Lord
More than the watchmen ^(J)for the morning;
Yes, more than the watchmen for the morning.
⁷Israel, ^(K)wait for the Lord;
For with the Lord there is ^(L)mercy,
And with Him is ^(M)abundant redemption.
⁸And He will ^(N)redeem Israel
From all his guilty deeds.

Footnotes

Psalm 130:3 Heb Yah
Psalm 130:4 Or feared
Psalm 130:5 Or hope in

Psalm 134

New American Standard Bible

Greetings of Night Watchers.

A Song of Ascents.

134 Behold, ^(A)bless the Lord, all you ^(B)servants of the Lord,
Who ^[a]^(C)serve ^(D)by night in the house of the Lord!
²^(E)Lift up your hands to the ^(F)sanctuary
And bless the Lord.
³May the Lord ^(G)bless you from Zion,
He who ^(H)made heaven and earth.