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Psalm 129:1
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Psalm 129:1
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Psalm 129
Prayer for the Downfall of Israel’s Enemies
A Song of Ascents.
1 Often have they attacked me from my youth
—let Israel now say—(A)
Psalm 129:1
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Psalm 129:1
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Psalm 129
A song of ascents.
Psalm 124:1
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Psalm 124:1
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Psalm 124
Thanksgiving for Israel’s Deliverance
A Song of Ascents. Of David.
1 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side
—let Israel now say—(A)
Psalm 124:1
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Psalm 124:1
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Hosea 11:1
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Hosea 11:1
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God’s Compassion Despite Israel’s Ingratitude
11 When Israel was a child, I loved him,
and out of Egypt I called my son.(A)
Hosea 11:1
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Hosea 11:1
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God’s Love for Israel
Jeremiah 2:2
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Jeremiah 2:2
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2 Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord:
I remember the devotion of your youth,
your love as a bride,
how you followed me in the wilderness,
in a land not sown.(A)
Jeremiah 2:2
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Jeremiah 2:2
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2 “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem:
“This is what the Lord says:
Isaiah 47:12
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Isaiah 47:12
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12 Stand fast in your enchantments
and your many sorceries,
with which you have labored from your youth;
perhaps you may be able to succeed;
perhaps you may inspire terror.(A)
Isaiah 47:12
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Isaiah 47:12
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12 “Keep on, then, with your magic spells
and with your many sorceries,(A)
which you have labored at since childhood.
Perhaps you will succeed,
perhaps you will cause terror.
Psalm 127:1
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Psalm 127:1
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Psalm 127
God’s Blessings in the Home
A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon.
1 Unless the Lord builds the house,
those who build it labor in vain.
Unless the Lord guards the city,
the guard keeps watch in vain.(A)
Psalm 127:1
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Psalm 127:1
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Psalm 127
A song of ascents. Of Solomon.
Psalm 126:1
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Psalm 126:1
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Psalm 126
A Harvest of Joy
A Song of Ascents.
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- 126.1 Or brought back those who returned to Zion
Psalm 126:1
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Psalm 126:1
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Psalm 126
A song of ascents.
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- Psalm 126:1 Or Lord brought back the captives to
- Psalm 126:1 Or those restored to health
Psalm 122:1
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Psalm 122:1
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Psalm 122
Song of Praise and Prayer for Jerusalem
A Song of Ascents. Of David.
1 I was glad when they said to me,
“Let us go to the house of the Lord!”(A)
Psalm 122:1
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Psalm 122:1
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Psalm 122
A song of ascents. Of David.
1 I rejoiced with those who said to me,
“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
Psalm 120:1
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Psalm 120:1
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Psalm 120
Prayer for Deliverance from Slanderers
A Song of Ascents.
1 In my distress I cry to the Lord,
that he may answer me:(A)
Psalm 120:1
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Psalm 120:1
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Exodus 1:12-14
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Exodus 1:12-14
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12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread, so that the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites. 13 The Egyptians subjected the Israelites to hard servitude 14 and made their lives bitter with hard servitude in mortar and bricks and in every kind of field labor. They were ruthless in all the tasks that they imposed on them.(A)
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Exodus 1:12-14
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Exodus 1:12-14
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12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites 13 and worked them ruthlessly.(A) 14 They made their lives bitter with harsh labor(B) in brick(C) and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.(D)
Judges 10:8-12
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Judges 10:8-12
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8 and they crushed and oppressed the Israelites that year. For eighteen years they oppressed all the Israelites who were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. 9 The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah and against Benjamin and against the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was greatly distressed.
10 So the Israelites cried to the Lord, saying, “We have sinned against you, because we have abandoned our God and have served the Baals.”(A) 11 And the Lord said to the Israelites, “Did I not deliver you[a] from the Egyptians and from the Amorites, from the Ammonites and from the Philistines?(B) 12 The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites oppressed you, and you cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.(C)
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- 10.11 Heb lacks Did I not deliver you
Judges 10:8-12
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Judges 10:8-12
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8 who that year shattered and crushed them. For eighteen years they oppressed all the Israelites on the east side of the Jordan in Gilead,(A) the land of the Amorites. 9 The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah,(B) Benjamin and Ephraim;(C) Israel was in great distress. 10 Then the Israelites cried(D) out to the Lord, “We have sinned(E) against you, forsaking our God and serving the Baals.”(F)
11 The Lord replied, “When the Egyptians,(G) the Amorites,(H) the Ammonites,(I) the Philistines,(J) 12 the Sidonians, the Amalekites(K) and the Maonites[a](L) oppressed you(M) and you cried to me for help, did I not save you from their hands?
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- Judges 10:12 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts Midianites
Psalm 125:1
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Psalm 125:1
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Psalm 125
The Security of God’s People
A Song of Ascents.
1 Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,
which cannot be moved but abides forever.(A)
Psalm 125:1
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Psalm 125:1
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Psalm 125
A song of ascents.
Judges 2:15
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Judges 2:15
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15 Whenever they marched out, the hand of the Lord was against them to bring misfortune, as the Lord had warned them and sworn to them, and they were in great distress.
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Judges 2:15
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Judges 2:15
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15 Whenever Israel went out to fight, the hand of the Lord was against them(A) to defeat them, just as he had sworn to them. They were in great distress.(B)
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