Chronological

¹ A Song of Ascents.
I will lift up my eyes to the mountains—
from where does my help come?
² My help comes from Adonai,
Maker of heaven and earth.
³ He will not let your foot slip.
Your Keeper will not slumber.
⁴ Behold, the Keeper of Israel
neither slumbers nor sleeps.
⁵ Adonai is your Keeper.
Adonai is your shadow at your right hand.
⁶ The sun will not strike you by day,
nor the moon by night.
⁷ Adonai will protect you from all evil.
He will guard your life.
⁸ Adonai will watch over your coming and your going
from this time forth and forevermore.

¹ A Song of Ascents.
To You I lift up my eyes—
You enthroned in the heavens.
² Behold, as the eyes of slaves to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a slave-girl to the hand of her mistress—
so our eyes look to Adonai our God, till He shows us favor.
³ Show us favor, Adonai, show us favor!
For we have endured much contempt.
⁴ Our soul has had enough
of the scorn of those at ease,
the contempt of the proud.

¹ A Song of Ascents. Of David.
“Had Adonai not been on our side”
—let Israel now say—
² “Had Adonai not been on our side,
when men rose up against us,
³ then they would have swallowed us alive,
when their wrath burned against us.
⁴ Then the waters would have engulfed us,
the torrent would have swept over our soul,
⁵ then the raging waters
would have swept over our soul.”

¹ A Song of Ascents.
Those who trust in Adonai are like Mount Zion—
it cannot be moved, but endures forever.
² As the mountains are around Jerusalem,
so Adonai is all around His people,
both now and forever.
³ For a scepter of wickedness will not rest
over the land of the righteous—
lest the righteous set their hands to evil.
⁴ Do good, Adonai, to the good,
and to those upright in their hearts.
⁵ But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways,
Adonai will lead them away with evildoers.
Shalom be upon Israel.

¹ A Song of Ascents.
Happy is everyone in awe of Adonai,
    who walks in His ways,
² for you will eat the labor of your hands.
You will be blessed
and it will be good for you.
³ Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house.
Your children will be like olive saplings around your table.
⁴ Behold, thus will the man be blessed
who fears Adonai.
⁵ May Adonai bless you out of Zion,
and may you see Jerusalem in prosperity
    all the days of your life,
⁶ and may you live to see your children’s children.

¹ A Song of Ascents.
“How many times they have been hostile to me,
even from my youth”—let Israel now say—
² “How greatly they have been
hostile to me, even from my youth.
Yet they have not prevailed against me.
³ Plowmen plowed on my back—
they made their furrows long!”
⁴ Adonai is righteous—
He has cut the ropes of the wicked.
⁵ May all who hate Zion
be driven back in disgrace.
⁶ Let them be like grass on the roofs,
which withers before it springs up—
⁷ with it a reaper cannot fill his hand,
nor can a binder of sheaves fill his lap.
⁸ So the passersby may never say:
“The blessing of Adonai be upon you—
    we bless you in the Name of Adonai.”

¹ A Song of Ascents.
Out of the depths I cry to You, Adonai!
² Lord, hear my voice!
Let Your ears be attentive to the sound of my supplications.
³ If You, Adonai, kept a record of iniquities—
my Lord, who could stand?
⁴ For with You there is forgiveness,
so You may be revered.
⁵ I wait for Adonai, my soul waits,
and in His word I hope.
⁶ My soul waits for my Lord,
more than watchmen for the morning,
watchmen for the morning.
⁷ O Israel, wait for Adonai.
For with Adonai there is lovingkindness,
and with Him is full redemption,
⁸ and He will redeem Israel
    from all its iniquities.