They collapse and fall,
    but we rise and stand upright.

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They are brought to their knees and fall,(A)
    but we rise up(B) and stand firm.(C)

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The Lord Surrounds His People

A Song of (A)Ascents.

125 Those who (B)trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,
    which (C)cannot be moved, but abides forever.

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Psalm 125

A song of ascents.

Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,(A)
    which cannot be shaken(B) but endures forever.

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(A)Rejoice not over me, O (B)my enemy;
    (C)when I fall, I shall rise;
(D)when I sit in darkness,
    the Lord will be a light to me.

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Israel Will Rise

Do not gloat over me,(A) my enemy!
    Though I have fallen, I will rise.(B)
Though I sit in darkness,
    the Lord will be my light.(C)

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21 (A)Affliction will slay the wicked,
    and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
22 The Lord (B)redeems the life of his servants;
    none of those who take refuge in him will be (C)condemned.

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21 Evil will slay the wicked;(A)
    the foes of the righteous will be condemned.
22 The Lord will rescue(B) his servants;
    no one who takes refuge(C) in him will be condemned.

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(A)“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
    (B)whose trust is the Lord.
(C)He is like a tree planted by water,
    that sends out its roots by the stream,
and does not fear when heat comes,
    for its leaves remain green,
and is not anxious in the year of drought,
    for it does not cease to bear fruit.”

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“But blessed(A) is the one who trusts(B) in the Lord,
    whose confidence is in him.
They will be like a tree planted by the water
    that sends out its roots by the stream.(C)
It does not fear when heat comes;
    its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought(D)
    and never fails to bear fruit.”(E)

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(A)Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
    whose (B)hope is in the Lord his God,
(C)who made heaven and earth,
    the sea, and all that is in them,
(D)who keeps faith forever;
    (E)who executes justice for the oppressed,
    (F)who gives food to the hungry.

(G)The Lord sets the prisoners free;
    (H)the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
(I)The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
    (J)the Lord loves the righteous.
(K)The Lord watches over the sojourners;
    (L)he upholds the widow and the fatherless,
    but (M)the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

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Blessed are those(A) whose help(B) is the God of Jacob,
    whose hope is in the Lord their God.

He is the Maker of heaven(C) and earth,
    the sea, and everything in them—
    he remains faithful(D) forever.
He upholds(E) the cause of the oppressed(F)
    and gives food to the hungry.(G)
The Lord sets prisoners free,(H)
    the Lord gives sight(I) to the blind,(J)
the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down,(K)
    the Lord loves the righteous.(L)
The Lord watches over the foreigner(M)
    and sustains the fatherless(N) and the widow,(O)
    but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

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31 (A)“So may all your enemies perish, O Lord!
    But your friends be (B)like the sun (C)as he rises in his might.”

(D)And the land had rest for forty years.

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31 “So may all your enemies perish,(A) Lord!
    But may all who love you be like the sun(B)
    when it rises in its strength.”(C)

Then the land had peace(D) forty years.

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