Psalm 120

A song of ascents.

² He said:

⁷ During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions^(A) with fervent cries and tears^(B) to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard^(C) because of his reverent submission.^(D)

Psalm 130

A song of ascents.

⁴⁴ And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.^[a]

³ They told him, “This is what Hezekiah says: This day is a day of distress^(A) and rebuke and disgrace, as when children come to the moment of birth^(B) and there is no strength to deliver them. ⁴ It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule^(C) the living God,^(D) and that he will rebuke him for the words the Lord your God has heard.^(E) Therefore pray^(F) for the remnant^(G) that still survives.”