They have bowed down and fallen;
But we have risen 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 the Strength of His People

A Song of Ascents.

125 Those who trust in the Lord
Are like Mount Zion,
Which 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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Israel’s Confession and Comfort

(A)Do not rejoice over me, my enemy;
(B)When I fall, I will arise;
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)Evil shall slay the wicked,
And those who hate the righteous shall be [a]condemned.
22 The Lord (B)redeems the soul of His servants,
And none of those who trust in Him shall be condemned.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 34:21 held guilty

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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“Blessed(A) is the man who trusts in the Lord,
And whose hope is the Lord.
For he shall be (B)like a tree planted by the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not [a]fear when heat comes;
But its leaf will be green,
And will not be anxious in the year of drought,
Nor will cease from yielding fruit.

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  1. Jeremiah 17:8 Qr., Tg. see

“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)Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help,
Whose hope is in the Lord his God,
(B)Who made heaven and earth,
The sea, and all that is in them;
Who keeps truth forever,
(C)Who executes justice for the oppressed,
(D)Who gives food to the hungry.
(E)The Lord gives freedom to the prisoners.

(F)The Lord opens the eyes of the blind;
(G)The Lord raises those who are bowed down;
The Lord loves the righteous.
(H)The Lord watches over the strangers;
He relieves the fatherless and widow;
(I)But the way of the wicked He [a]turns upside down.

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  1. Psalm 146:9 Lit. makes crooked

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 “Thus let all Your enemies (A)perish, O Lord!
But let those who love Him be (B)like the (C)sun
When it comes out in full (D)strength.”

So 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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