Psalm 121-125
New King James Version
God the Help of Those Who Seek Him
A Song of Ascents.
121 I (A)will lift up my eyes to the hills—
From whence comes my help?
2 (B)My help comes from the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.
3 (C)He will not allow your foot to [a]be moved;
(D)He who keeps you will not slumber.
4 Behold, He who keeps Israel
Shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is your [b]keeper;
The Lord is (E)your shade (F)at your right hand.
6 (G)The sun shall not strike you by day,
Nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord shall [c]preserve you from all evil;
He shall (H)preserve your soul.
8 The Lord shall (I)preserve[d] your going out and your coming in
From this time forth, and even forevermore.
The Joy of Going to the House of the Lord
A Song of Ascents. Of David.
122 I was glad when they said to me,
(J)“Let us go into the house of the Lord.”
2 Our feet have been standing
Within your gates, O Jerusalem!
3 Jerusalem is built
As a city that is (K)compact together,
4 (L)Where the tribes go up,
The tribes of the Lord,
[e]To (M)the Testimony of Israel,
To give thanks to the name of the Lord.
5 (N)For thrones are set there for judgment,
The thrones of the house of David.
6 (O)Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who love you.
7 Peace be within your walls,
Prosperity within your palaces.”
8 For the sake of my brethren and companions,
I will now say, “Peace be within you.”
9 Because of the house of the Lord our God
I will (P)seek your good.
Prayer for Relief from Contempt
A Song of Ascents.
123 Unto You (Q)I lift up my eyes,
O You (R)who dwell in the heavens.
2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters,
As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,
(S)So our eyes look to the Lord our God,
Until He has mercy on us.
3 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us!
For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4 Our soul is exceedingly filled
With the scorn of those who are at ease,
With the contempt of the proud.
The Lord the Defense of His People
A Song of Ascents. Of David.
124 “If it had not been the Lord who was on our (T)side,”
(U)Let Israel now say—
2 “If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,
When men rose up against us,
3 Then they would have (V)swallowed us alive,
When their wrath was kindled against us;
4 Then the waters would have overwhelmed us,
The stream would have [f]gone over our soul;
5 Then the swollen waters
Would have [g]gone over our soul.”
6 Blessed be the Lord,
Who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
7 (W)Our soul has escaped (X)as a bird from the snare of the [h]fowlers;
The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
8 (Y)Our help is in the name of the Lord,
(Z)Who made heaven and earth.
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.
2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
So the Lord surrounds His people
From this time forth and forever.
3 For (AA)the scepter of wickedness shall not rest
On the land allotted to the righteous,
Lest the righteous reach out their hands to iniquity.
4 Do good, O Lord, to those who are good,
And to those who are upright in their hearts.
5 As for such as turn aside to their (AB)crooked ways,
The Lord shall lead them away
With the workers of iniquity.
(AC)Peace be upon Israel!
Footnotes
- Psalm 121:3 slip
- Psalm 121:5 protector
- Psalm 121:7 keep
- Psalm 121:8 keep
- Psalm 122:4 Or As a testimony to
- Psalm 124:4 swept over
- Psalm 124:5 swept over
- Psalm 124:7 Persons who catch birds in a trap or snare
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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