Psalms 121-130

Psalm 121

A Song of Ascents.

I will lift up my eyes to the hills.: Where does my help come from?
My help comes from Yahweh,: who made heaven and earth.
He will not allow your foot to be moved.: He who keeps you will not slumber.
Behold, he who keeps Israel: will neither slumber nor sleep.
Yahweh is your keeper.: Yahweh is your shade on your right hand.
The sun will not harm you by day,: nor the moon by night.
Yahweh will keep you from all evil.: He will keep your soul.
Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in,: from this time forth, and forevermore.

Psalm 122

A Song of Ascents. By David.

I was glad when they said to me,: “Let’s go to Yahweh’s house!”
Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem;: Jerusalem, that is built as a city that is compact together;
where the tribes go up, even Yah’s tribes,: according to an ordinance for Israel,; to give thanks to the name of Yahweh.
For there are set thrones for judgment,: the thrones of David’s house.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.: Those who love you will prosper.
Peace be within your walls,: and prosperity within your palaces.
For my brothers’ and companions’ sakes,: I will now say, “Peace be within you.”
For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God,: I will seek your good.

A Song of Ascents.

To you I do lift up my eyes,: you who sit in the heavens.
Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,: as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress;; so our eyes look to Yahweh, our God,; until he has mercy on us.
Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us,: for we have endured much contempt.
Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease,: with the contempt of the proud.

A Song of Ascents. By David.

If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side,: let Israel now say,
if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side,: when men rose up against us;
then they would have swallowed us up alive,: when their wrath was kindled against us;
then the waters would have overwhelmed us,: the stream would have gone over our soul;
then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.
Blessed be Yahweh,: who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.
Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare.: The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
Our help is in the name of Yahweh,: who made heaven and earth.

A Song of Ascents.

Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion,: which can’t be moved, but remains forever.
As the mountains surround Jerusalem,: so Yahweh surrounds his people from this time forth and forevermore.
For the scepter of wickedness won’t remain over the allotment of the righteous;: so that the righteous won’t use their hands to do evil.
Do good, Yahweh, to those who are good,: to those who are upright in their hearts.
But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways,: Yahweh will lead them away with the workers of iniquity.
Peace be on Israel.

A Song of Ascents.

When Yahweh brought back those who returned to Zion,: we were like those who dream.
Then our mouth was filled with laughter,: and our tongue with singing.
Then they said among the nations,: “Yahweh has done great things for them.”
Yahweh has done great things for us,: and we are glad.
Restore our fortunes again, Yahweh,: like the streams in the Negev.
Those who sow in tears will reap in joy.: He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing,; will certainly come again with joy, carrying his sheaves.

A Song of Ascents. By Solomon.

Unless Yahweh builds the house,: they labor in vain who build it.
Unless Yahweh watches over the city,: the watchman guards it in vain.
It is vain for you to rise up early,: to stay up late,; eating the bread of toil;; for he gives sleep to his loved ones.
Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh.: The fruit of the womb is his reward.
As arrows in the hand of a mighty man,: so are the children of youth.
Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them.: They won’t be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

A Song of Ascents.

Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh,: who walks in his ways.
For you will eat the labor of your hands.: You will be happy, and it will be well with you.
Your wife will be as a fruitful vine,: in the innermost parts of your house;; your children like olive plants,; around your table.
Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears Yahweh.: May Yahweh bless you out of Zion,; and may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
Yes, may you see your children’s children.: Peace be upon Israel.

A Song of Ascents.

Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up.: Let Israel now say,
many times they have afflicted me from my youth up,: yet they have not prevailed against me.
The plowers plowed on my back.: They made their furrows long.
Yahweh is righteous.: He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.
Let them be disappointed and turned backward,: all those who hate Zion.
Let them be as the grass on the housetops,: which withers before it grows up;
with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand,: nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.
Neither do those who go by say,: “The blessing of Yahweh be on you.; We bless you in the name of Yahweh.”

A Song of Ascents.

Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh.
Lord, hear my voice.: Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions.
If you, Yah, kept a record of sins,: Lord, who could stand?
But there is forgiveness with you,: therefore you are feared.
I wait for Yahweh.: My soul waits.; I hope in his word.
My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning;: more than watchmen for the morning.
Israel, hope in Yahweh,: for with Yahweh there is loving kindness.; With him is abundant redemption.
He will redeem Israel from all their sins.
Last updated: December 31, 1969

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