Psalm 123-124

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Psalm 123

Looking for God’s Favor

A song of ascents.

¹I lift my eyes to you,
the one enthroned in heaven.^(A)
²Like a servant’s eyes on his master’s hand,
like a servant girl’s eyes on her mistress’s hand,
so our eyes are on the Lord our God
until he shows us favor.^(B)

³Show us favor, Lord, show us favor,
for we’ve had more than enough contempt.^(C)
⁴We’ve had more than enough
scorn from the arrogant
and contempt from the proud.^(D)

Psalm 124

The Lord Is on Our Side

A song of ascents. Of David.

¹If the Lord had not been on our side—
let Israel say—
²if the Lord had not been on our side^(E)
when people attacked us,^(F)
³then they would have swallowed us alive
in their burning anger against us.^(G)
⁴Then the water would have engulfed us;
the torrent would have swept over us;
⁵the raging water would have swept over us.^(H)

⁶Blessed be the Lord,
who has not let us be ripped apart by their teeth.^(I)
⁷We have escaped like a bird from the hunter’s net;
the net is torn, and we have escaped.^(J)
⁸Our help is in the name of the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.^(K)

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