Psalm 123-125

21st Century King James Version

123 Unto Thee I lift up mine eyes, O Thou that dwellest in the heavens.

² Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress, so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God until He has mercy upon us.

³ Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us, for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

⁴ Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

124 “If it had not been the Lord who was on our side”—now may Israel say—

² “if it had not been the Lord who was on our side when men rose up against us,

³ then would they have swallowed us up alive when their wrath was kindled against us;

⁴ then would the waters have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul;

⁵ then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.”

⁶ Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

⁷ Our soul has escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped.

⁸ Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

125 They that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.

² As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about His people from henceforth, even for ever.

³ For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the allotment of the righteous, lest the righteous put forth their hands to do iniquity.

⁴ Do good, O Lord, unto those that are good and to them that are upright in their hearts.

⁵ As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the Lord shall lead them away with the workers of iniquity; but peace shall be upon Israel.