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O Yahweh, Deliver My Soul
A Song of [a]Ascents.
120 (A)In my distress I called to Yahweh,
And He answered me.
2 O Yahweh, deliver my soul from a (B)lying lip,
From a (C)deceitful tongue.
3 What shall He give to you, and what shall He add to you,
O (D)deceitful tongue?
4 (E)Sharp arrows of the warrior,
With the burning (F)coals of the broom tree.
5 Woe is me, for I sojourn in (G)Meshech,
For I dwell among the (H)tents of (I)Kedar!
6 Too long has my soul had its dwelling
With those who (J)hate peace.
7 I (K)am for peace, but when I speak,
They are (L)for war.
My Help Comes from Yahweh
A Song of Ascents.
121 I will (M)lift up my eyes to (N)the mountains;
From where shall my help come?
2 My (O)help comes from Yahweh,
Who (P)made heaven and earth.
3 [b]He will not (Q)allow your foot to stumble;
[c]He who (R)keeps you will not slumber.
4 Behold, He who keeps Israel
Will not slumber and will not sleep.
5 Yahweh is your (S)keeper;
Yahweh is your (T)shade on your right hand.
6 The (U)sun will not strike you by day,
Nor the moon by night.
7 Yahweh will (V)keep you from all evil;
He will keep your soul.
8 Yahweh will (W)keep your going out and your coming in
(X)From now until forever.
Go to the House of Yahweh
A Song of Ascents. Of David.
122 I was glad when they said to me,
“Let us (Y)go to the house of Yahweh.”
2 Our feet are standing
Within your (Z)gates, O Jerusalem,
3 Jerusalem, which is (AA)built
As a city (AB)joined altogether;
4 To which the tribes, the tribes of Yah, (AC)go up—
A testimony for Israel—
To give thanks to the name of Yahweh.
5 For there, (AD)thrones sit for judgment,
The thrones of the house of David.
6 Pray for the (AE)peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who (AF)love you.
7 May peace be within your (AG)walls,
And tranquility within your (AH)palaces.”
8 For the sake of my (AI)brothers and my friends,
I will now say, “(AJ)May peace be within you.”
9 For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God,
I will (AK)seek your good.
To You I Lift Up My Eyes
A Song of Ascents.
123 To You I (AL)lift up my eyes,
The One (AM)enthroned in the heavens!
2 Behold, as the eyes of (AN)slaves look to the hand of their master,
As the eyes of a servant-girl to the hand of her mistress,
So our (AO)eyes look to Yahweh our God,
Until He is gracious to us.
3 (AP)Be gracious to us, O Yahweh, be gracious to us,
For we are greatly saturated (AQ)with contempt.
4 Our soul is greatly saturated
With the (AR)mockery of (AS)those who are at ease,
And with the (AT)contempt of the proud.
Yahweh Was on Our Side
A Song of Ascents. Of David.
124 “(AU)Had it not been Yahweh who was on our side,”
(AV)Let Israel now say,
2 “Had it not been Yahweh who was on our side
When men rose up against us,
3 Then they would have (AW)swallowed us alive,
When their (AX)anger was kindled against us;
4 Then the (AY)waters would have flowed over us,
The stream would have [d]swept over our soul;
5 Then the (AZ)raging waters would have [e]swept over our soul.”
6 Blessed be Yahweh,
Who has not given us to be (BA)prey for their teeth.
7 Our soul has (BB)escaped (BC)as a bird out of the (BD)snare of the trapper;
The snare is broken and we have escaped.
8 Our (BE)help is in the name of Yahweh,
Who (BF)made heaven and earth.
Yahweh Surrounds His People
A Song of Ascents.
125 Those who trust in Yahweh
Are as Mount Zion, which (BG)will not be shaken but (BH)will abide forever.
2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
So (BI)Yahweh surrounds His people
(BJ)From now until forever.
3 For the (BK)scepter of wickedness shall not rest upon the [f]land of the righteous,
So that the righteous (BL)would not send forth their hands in unrighteousness.
4 (BM)Do good, O Yahweh, to those who are good
And to those who are (BN)upright in their hearts.
5 But as for those who (BO)turn aside to their (BP)crooked ways,
Yahweh will lead them away with the (BQ)workers of iniquity.
(BR)Peace be upon Israel.
Those Who Sow in Tears Shall Reap with Joy
A Song of Ascents.
126 When Yahweh [g](BS)returned [h]the captive ones of Zion,
We were (BT)like those who dream.
2 Then our (BU)mouth was filled with laughter
And our (BV)tongue with shouts of joy;
Then they said among the nations,
“Yahweh has (BW)done great things for them.”
3 Yahweh has done great things for us;
We are (BX)glad.
4 Restore our captivity, O Yahweh,
As the [i](BY)streams in the Negev.
5 Those who sow in (BZ)tears shall reap with (CA)shouts of joy.
6 He who goes to and fro weeping, carrying his bag of seed,
Shall indeed come again with a shout of joy, carrying his sheaves with him.
Unless Yahweh Builds the House
A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon.
127 Unless Yahweh (CB)builds the house,
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless Yahweh (CC)watches the city,
The watchman keeps awake in vain.
2 It is in vain that you rise up early,
That you sit out late,
O you who (CD)eat the bread of [j]painful labors;
For in this manner, He gives (CE)sleep to His (CF)beloved.
3 Behold, (CG)children are [k]an inheritance of Yahweh,
The (CH)fruit of the womb is a reward.
4 Like arrows in the hand of a (CI)warrior,
So are the children of one’s youth.
5 How (CJ)blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them;
(CK)They will not be ashamed
When they (CL)speak with enemies (CM)in the gate.
Blessed Is Everyone Who Fears Yahweh
A Song of Ascents.
128 (CN)How blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh,
Who (CO)walks in His ways.
2 When you shall (CP)eat of the [l](CQ)fruit of the labor of your hands,
How blessed will you be and (CR)how well will it be for you.
3 Your wife shall be like a (CS)fruitful vine
In the innermost parts of your house,
Your children like (CT)olive plants
All around your table.
4 Behold, for thus shall the man be blessed
Who fears Yahweh.
5 (CU)May Yahweh bless you (CV)from Zion,
That you may see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
6 Indeed, may you see your (CW)children’s children.
(CX)Peace be upon Israel!
Yahweh Has Cut the Cords of the Wicked
A Song of Ascents.
129 “[m]Many times they have [n](CY)assailed me from my (CZ)youth up,”
(DA)Let Israel now say,
2 “[o]Many times they have [p]assailed me from my youth up;
Yet they have (DB)not prevailed against me.
3 The plowers plowed upon my back;
They lengthened their furrows.”
4 Yahweh (DC)is righteous;
He has cut up the (DD)cords of the wicked.
5 Let all who (DE)hate Zion
Be (DF)put to shame and turned backward;
6 Let them be like (DG)grass upon the rooftops,
Which dries up before it [q]grows up;
7 With which the reaper does not fill his [r]hand,
Nor the binder of sheaves the (DH)fold of his garment;
8 And those who pass by will not say,
“The (DI)blessing of Yahweh be upon you;
We bless you in the name of Yahweh.”
Yahweh Will Redeem Israel
A Song of Ascents.
130 Out of the (DJ)depths I called to You, O Yahweh.
2 O Lord, (DK)hear my voice!
Let (DL)Your ears be attentive
To the (DM)voice of my supplications.
3 If You should keep iniquities, O Yah,
O Lord, who could (DN)stand?
4 But with You there is (DO)forgiveness,
That You may be (DP)feared.
5 I hope for Yahweh, my (DQ)soul does hope,
And (DR)for His word do I wait.
6 My soul waits for the Lord
More than the watchmen (DS)for the morning,
The watchmen for the morning.
7 O Israel, (DT)wait for Yahweh;
For with Yahweh there is (DU)lovingkindness,
And with Him is (DV)abundant redemption.
8 And it is He who will (DW)redeem Israel
From all his iniquities.
I Have Quieted My Soul
A Song of Ascents. Of David.
131 O Yahweh, my heart is not (DX)exalted, and my eyes are not (DY)raised high;
And I do not [s]involve myself in (DZ)great matters,
Or in matters (EA)too marvelous for me.
2 Surely I have (EB)soothed and quieted my soul,
Like a weaned (EC)child with his mother,
Like a weaned child is my soul [t]within me.
3 O Israel, (ED)wait for Yahweh
(EE)From now until forever.
Yahweh Has Chosen Zion
A Song of Ascents.
132 Remember, O Yahweh, on David’s behalf,
All (EF)his affliction;
2 How he swore to Yahweh
And vowed to (EG)the Mighty One of Jacob,
3 “Surely I will not come into [u](EH)my house,
Nor [v]lie in the [w]comfort of my bed;
4 I will not (EI)give sleep to my eyes
Or slumber to my eyelids,
5 Until I find a (EJ)place for Yahweh,
[x]A dwelling place for (EK)the Mighty One of Jacob.”
6 Behold, we heard of it in (EL)Ephrathah,
We found it in the (EM)fields of [y]Jaar.
7 Let us come into His [z](EN)dwelling place;
Let us (EO)worship at the (EP)footstool of His feet.
8 (EQ)Arise, O Yahweh, to Your (ER)resting place,
You and the ark of Your (ES)strength.
9 Let Your priests be (ET)clothed with righteousness,
And let Your (EU)holy ones sing for joy.
10 For the sake of David Your servant,
Do not turn away the face of Your (EV)anointed.
11 Yahweh has (EW)sworn to David
A truth from which He will not turn back:
“(EX)Of the fruit of your [aa]body I will set upon your throne.
12 If your sons keep My covenant
And My testimony which I will teach them,
Their sons also shall (EY)sit upon your throne forever.”
13 For Yahweh has (EZ)chosen Zion;
He has (FA)desired it for His habitation.
14 “This is My (FB)resting place forever;
Here I will (FC)inhabit, for I have desired it.
15 I will abundantly (FD)bless her provision;
I will (FE)satisfy her needy with bread.
16 Her (FF)priests also I will clothe with salvation,
And her (FG)holy ones will sing loudly for joy.
17 There I will cause the (FH)horn of David to spring up;
I have prepared a (FI)lamp for Mine anointed.
18 His enemies I will (FJ)clothe with shame,
But upon him, his (FK)crown shall blossom.”
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