121 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help!

² My help cometh from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

³ He will not permit thy foot to be moved; He that keepeth thee will not slumber.

⁴ Behold, He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

⁵ The Lord is thy keeper; the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.

⁶ The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

⁷ The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; He shall preserve thy soul.

⁸ The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

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.

128 Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord, that walketh in His ways.

² For thou shalt eat the labor of thine hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

³ Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house, thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

⁴ Behold that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord.

⁵ The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion, and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.

⁶ Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel.

129 “Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth”—may Israel now say—

² “many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.

³ The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.”

⁴ The Lord is righteous; He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

⁵ Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

⁶ Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth before it groweth up,

⁷ wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves, his bosom.

⁸ Neither do those who go by say, “The blessing of the Lord be upon you; we bless you in the name of the Lord.”

130 Out of the depths have I cried unto Thee, O Lord;

² Lord, hear my voice! Let Thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.

³ If Thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

⁴ But there is forgiveness with Thee, that Thou mayest be feared.

⁵ I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in His word do I hope.

⁶ My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning— I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

⁷ Let Israel hope in the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him is plenteous redemption.

⁸ And He shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.