Psalm 121-124 New American Standard Bible

The Lord, the Keeper of Israel.

A Song of Ascents.

121 I will ^(A)raise my eyes to ^(B)the mountains;
From where will my help come?
²My ^(C)help comes from the Lord,
Who ^(D)made heaven and earth.
³He will not ^(E)allow your foot to slip;
He who ^(F)watches over you will not slumber.
⁴Behold, He who watches over Israel
Will neither slumber nor sleep.

⁵The Lord is your ^[a]^(G)protector;
The Lord is your ^(H)shade on your right hand.
⁶The ^(I)sun will not ^[b]beat down on you by day,
Nor the moon by night.
⁷The Lord will ^[c]^(J)protect you from all evil;
He will keep your soul.
⁸The Lord will ^[d]^(K)guard your going out and your coming in
^(L)From this time and forever.

Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem.

A Song of Ascents, of David.

122 I was glad when they said to me,
“Let’s ^(M)go to the house of the Lord.”
²Our feet are standing
Within your ^(N)gates, Jerusalem,
³Jerusalem, that has been ^(O)built
As a city that is ^(P)firmly joined together;
⁴To which the tribes ^(Q)go up, the tribes of ^[e]the Lord—
^[f]An ordinance for Israel—
To give thanks to the name of the Lord.
⁵For ^(R)thrones were set there for judgment,
The thrones of the house of David.

⁶Pray for the ^(S)peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who ^(T)love you.
⁷May peace be within your ^(U)walls,
And prosperity within your ^(V)palaces.”
⁸For the sake of my ^(W)brothers and my friends,
I will now say, “^(X)May peace be within you.”
⁹For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
I will ^(Y)seek your good.

Prayer for the Lord’s Help.

A Song of Ascents.

123 To You I have ^(Z)raised my eyes,
You who ^(AA)are enthroned in the heavens!
²Behold, as the eyes of ^(AB)servants look to the hand of their master,
As the eyes of a female servant to the hand of her mistress,
So our ^(AC)eyes look to the Lord our God,
Until He is gracious to us.

³^(AD)Be gracious to us, Lord, be gracious to us,
For we have had much more than enough of ^(AE)contempt.
⁴Our soul has had much more than enough
Of the ^(AF)scoffing of ^(AG)those who are at ease,
And with the ^(AH)contempt of the proud.

Praise for Rescue from Enemies.

A Song of Ascents, of David.

124 “^(AI)Had it not been the Lord who was on our side,”
^(AJ)Let Israel say,
²“Had it not been the Lord who was on our side
When people rose up against us,
³Then they would have ^(AK)swallowed us alive,
When their ^(AL)anger was kindled against us;
⁴Then the ^(AM)waters would have flooded over us,
The stream would have ^[g]swept over our souls;
⁵Then the ^(AN)raging waters would have ^[h]swept over our souls.”

⁶Blessed be the Lord,
Who has not given us ^[i]to be ^(AO)torn by their teeth.
⁷Our souls have ^(AP)escaped ^(AQ)like a bird from the trapper’s ^(AR)snare;
The snare is broken and we have escaped.
⁸Our ^(AS)help is in the name of the Lord,
Who ^(AT)made heaven and earth.