Psalm 128-134
Christian Standard Bible
Psalm 128
Blessings for Those Who Fear God
A song of ascents.
1 How happy is everyone who fears the Lord,
who walks in his ways!(A)
2 You will surely eat
what your hands have worked for.(B)
You will be happy,
and it will go well for you.(C)
3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine
within your house,
your children, like young olive trees
around your table.(D)
4 In this very way
the man who fears the Lord
will be blessed.(E)
5 May the Lord bless you from Zion,
so that you will see the prosperity of Jerusalem
all the days of your life(F)
6 and will see your children’s children!
Peace be with Israel.(G)
Psalm 129
Protection of the Oppressed
A song of ascents.
1 Since my youth they have often attacked me—
let Israel say—
2 since my youth they have often attacked me,
but they have not prevailed against me.(H)
3 Plowmen plowed over my back;
they made their furrows long.(I)
4 The Lord is righteous;
he has cut the ropes of the wicked.(J)
5 Let all who hate Zion
be driven back in disgrace.(K)
6 Let them be like grass on the rooftops,
which withers before it grows up[a](L)
7 and can’t even fill the hands of the reaper
or the arms of the one who binds sheaves.(M)
8 Then none who pass by will say,
“May the Lord’s blessing be on you.
We bless you in the name of the Lord.”(N)
Psalm 130
Awaiting Redemption
A song of ascents.
1 Out of the depths I call to you, Lord!(O)
2 Lord, listen to my voice;
let your ears be attentive
to my cry for help.(P)
3 Lord, if you kept an account of iniquities,
Lord, who could stand?(Q)
4 But with you there is forgiveness,
so that you may be revered.(R)
5 I wait for the Lord; I wait
and put my hope in his word.(S)
6 I wait for the Lord
more than watchmen for the morning—
more than watchmen for the morning.(T)
7 Israel, put your hope in the Lord.(U)
For there is faithful love with the Lord,
and with him is redemption in abundance.(V)
8 And he will redeem Israel
from all its iniquities.(W)
Psalm 131
A Childlike Spirit
A song of ascents. Of David.
1 Lord, my heart is not proud;
my eyes are not haughty.(X)
I do not get involved with things
too great or too wondrous for me.(Y)
2 Instead, I have calmed and quieted my soul
like a weaned child with its mother;
my soul is like a weaned child.(Z)
3 Israel, put your hope in the Lord,
both now and forever.(AA)
Psalm 132
David and Zion Chosen
A song of ascents.
1 Lord, remember David
and all the hardships he endured,(AB)
2 and how he swore an oath to the Lord,
making a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:(AC)
3 “I will not enter my house
or get into my bed,
4 I will not allow my eyes to sleep
or my eyelids to slumber(AD)
5 until I find a place for the Lord,
a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”(AE)
6 We heard of the ark in Ephrathah;[b](AF)
we found it in the fields of Jaar.[c](AG)
7 Let’s go to his dwelling place;
let’s worship at his footstool.(AH)
8 Rise up, Lord, come to your resting place,
you and your powerful ark.(AI)
9 May your priests be clothed with righteousness,
and may your faithful people shout for joy.(AJ)
10 For the sake of your servant David,
do not reject your anointed one.[d](AK)
11 The Lord swore an oath to David,
a promise he will not abandon:
“I will set one of your offspring[e]
on your throne.(AL)
12 If your sons keep my covenant
and my decrees that I will teach them,
their sons will also sit on your throne forever.”(AM)
13 For the Lord has chosen Zion;
he has desired it for his home:(AN)
14 “This is my resting place forever;
I will make my home here
because I have desired it.(AO)
15 I will abundantly bless its food;
I will satisfy its needy with bread.(AP)
16 I will clothe its priests with salvation,
and its faithful people will shout for joy.(AQ)
17 There I will make a horn grow for David;(AR)
I have prepared a lamp[f] for my anointed one.(AS)
18 I will clothe his enemies with shame,(AT)
but the crown he wears[g] will be glorious.”(AU)
Psalm 133
Living in Harmony
A song of ascents. Of David.
1 How delightfully good
when brothers live together in harmony!(AV)
2 It is like fine oil on the head,
running down on the beard,
running down Aaron’s beard
onto his robes.(AW)
3 It is like the dew of Hermon[h]
falling on the mountains of Zion.(AX)
For there the Lord has appointed the blessing—
life forevermore.(AY)
Psalm 134
Call to Evening Worship
A song of ascents.
1 Now bless the Lord,
all you servants of the Lord
who stand in the Lord’s house at night!(AZ)
2 Lift up your hands in the holy place
and bless the Lord!(BA)
3 May the Lord,
Maker of heaven and earth,
bless you from Zion.(BB)
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