Psalm 121-123
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Psalm 121
Assurance of God’s Protection
A Song of Ascents.
1 I lift up my eyes to the hills—
from where will my help come?
2 My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.(A)
3 He will not let your foot be moved;
he who keeps you will not slumber.(B)
4 He who keeps Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is your keeper;
the Lord is your shade at your right hand.(C)
6 The sun shall not strike you by day
nor the moon by night.(D)
7 The Lord will keep you from all evil;
he will keep your life.(E)
8 The Lord will keep
your going out and your coming in
from this time on and forevermore.(F)
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!”(G)
2 Our feet are standing
within your gates, O Jerusalem.
3 Jerusalem—built as a city
that is bound firmly together.(H)
4 To it the tribes go up,
the tribes of the Lord,
as was decreed for Israel,
to give thanks to the name of the Lord.(I)
5 For there the thrones for judgment were set up,
the thrones of the house of David.(J)
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who love you.(K)
7 Peace be within your walls
and security within your towers.”
8 For the sake of my relatives and friends
I will say, “Peace be within you.”
9 For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
I will seek your good.(L)
Psalm 123
Supplication for Mercy
A Song of Ascents.
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