Psalm 120–134

Psalm CXX.

A Song of degrees.

In ^amy distress I cried unto the Lord,

And he heard me.

²Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips,

And from a deceitful tongue.

³What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee,

Thou false tongue?

^4bSharp arrows of the ^cmighty,

With coals of ^ejuniper.

⁵Woe is me, that I sojourn in ^fMesech,

That I dwell in the tents of ^gKedar!

⁶My soul hath ^hlong dwelt

With him that hateth peace.

⁷ⁱI am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.

Psalm CXXI.

A Song of degrees.

I will ^alift up mine eyes unto ^aathe hills,

From whence cometh my help.

^2bMy help cometh from the Lord,

^cWhich made heaven and earth.

³He will not suffer ^dthy foot to be moved:

He that ^ekeepeth thee will not ^fslumber.

⁴Behold, he that ^ekeepeth Israel

Shall neither ^fgslumber nor sleep.

⁵The Lord is thy ^ekeeper:

The Lord is thy ^hshade ⁱupon thy right hand.

^6kThe sun shall not ^lsmite thee by day,

Nor the moon by night.

⁷The Lord shall ^epreserve thee from all evil:

He shall ^empreserve thy soul.

⁸The Lord shall ^epreserve ⁿthy going out and thy coming in

From this time forth, and even for evermore.

Psalm CXXII.

A Song of degrees of David.

I was glad when they said unto me,

Let us go ^ainto the house of the Lord.

²Our feet shall stand

Within thy gates, O Jerusalem.

³Jerusalem is ^bbuilded

As a city that ^cis compact together:

^4dWhither the tribes go up, the tribes of the ^eLord,

Unto ^fthe testimony of Israel,

To give thanks unto the name of the Lord.

⁵For ^gthere are set thrones of judgment,

The thrones of the house of David.

^6hPray for the peace of Jerusalem:

They shall prosper that love thee.

⁷Peace be within thy ⁱwalls,

And prosperity within thy ⁱpalaces.

⁸For my brethren and companions’ sakes,

I will now say, ^kPeace be within thee.

⁹Because of the house of the Lord our God

I will ^lseek thy good.

Psalm CXXIII.

A Song of degrees.

Unto thee ^alift I up mine eyes,

O thou that ^bdwellest in the heavens.

²Behold, 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 that he have mercy upon us.

^3cHave mercy upon us, O Lord, ^chave mercy upon us:

For we are ^dexceedingly filled with ^econtempt.

⁴Our soul is exceedingly filled

With the ^fscorning of ^gthose that are at ease,

And with the ^econtempt of the proud.

Psalm CXXIV.

A Song of degrees of David.

^aIf it had not been the Lord who was on our side,

^bNow may Israel say;

^2aIf it had not been the Lord who was on our side,

When men rose up against us:

³Then they had ^cswallowed us up ^cdquick,

When their wrath was kindled against us:

⁴Then ^ddthe waters had ^eoverwhelmed us,

The stream had gone over our soul:

⁵Then the proud waters

Had gone over our soul.

⁶Blessed be the Lord,

Who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

⁷Our soul is escaped as a bird ^fout of the snare of the fowlers:

The snare is broken, and we are escaped.

^8gOur help is in the name of the Lord,

^hWho made heaven and earth.

Psalm CXXV.

A Song of degrees.

They that ^atrust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion,

Which ^bcannot be removed, but ^cabideth for ever.

²As the mountains are round about Jerusalem,

^dSo the Lord is round about his people

From henceforth even for ever.

³For ^ethe rod of the wicked shall not ^frest upon the ^glot of the righteous;

Lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

^4hDo good, O Lord, unto those that be good,

And to them that are ⁱupright in their hearts.

⁵As for such as ^kturn aside unto their ^lcrooked ways,

The Lord shall lead them forth with ^mthe workers of iniquity:

But ⁿpeace shall be upon Israel.

Psalm CXXVI.

A Song of degrees.

When the Lord ^aturned again the captivity of Zion,

^bWe were like them that dream.

²Then ^cwas our mouth filled with laughter,

And our tongue with singing:

Then said they among the heathen,

^dThe Lord hath done great things for them.

³The Lord hath done great things for us;

Whereof we are glad.

⁴Turn again our captivity, O Lord,

^eAs the streams in ^fthe south.

^5gThey that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

⁶He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing ^hprecious seed,

Shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

Psalm CXXVII.

A Song of degrees for Solomon.

Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it:

Except ^athe Lord keep the city, the watchman ^bwaketh but in vain.

²It is vain for you ^cto ^drise up early, to ^dsit up ^celate,

To ^feat the bread of ^gsorrows:

For ^hso he giveth his ⁱbeloved sleep.

³Lo, ^kchildren are an heritage of the Lord:

And ^lthe fruit of the womb is his reward.

⁴As arrows are in the hand of a ^mmighty man;

So are ⁿchildren of the youth.

⁵Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them:

^oThey shall not be ashamed,

But they shall ^pspeak with the enemies in ^qthe gate.

Psalm CXXVIII.

A Song of degrees.

^abBlessed is every one that feareth the Lord;

^bThat walketh in his ways.

^2cFor thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands:

Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be ^cwell with thee.

³Thy wife shall be ^das a fruitful vine

^eBy the sides of thine house:

Thy children ^flike olive plants

Round about thy table.

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

^5gThe Lord shall bless thee ^ghout of Zion:

And thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem

All the days of thy life.

⁶Yea, thou shalt ⁱsee ^kthy children’s children,

And ^lpeace upon Israel.

Psalm CXXIX.

A Song of degrees.

Many a time have they ^aafflicted me from ^bmy youth,

^cMay Israel now say:

²Many a time have they ^aafflicted me from my youth:

^dYet they have not prevailed against me.

^3ddThe plowers plowed upon my back:

They made long their ^efurrows.

⁴The Lord is righteous:

He hath cut asunder the ^fcords of the wicked.

⁵Let them all be ^gconfounded and ^gturned back

That hate Zion.

⁶Let them be ^has the ⁱgrass upon the housetops,

Which ⁱwithereth afore it groweth up:

⁷Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand;

Nor he that bindeth sheaves his ^kbosom.

⁸Neither do they which go by say,

^lThe blessing of the Lord be upon you:

^mWe bless you in the name of the Lord.

Psalm CXXX.

A Song of degrees.

^aOut of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord.

²Lord, hear my voice:

^bLet thine ears be attentive to ^bbthe voice of my supplications.

³If thou, ^cLord, shouldest ^dmark iniquities,

O Lord, ^ewho shall ^fstand?

⁴But there is ^gforgiveness with thee,

^hThat thou mayest be feared.

⁵ⁱI wait for the Lord, ^kmy soul doth wait,

And ^lin his word do I hope.

⁶My soul waiteth for the Lord

More than they ^mthat watch for ⁿthe morning:

I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

^7oLet Israel hope in the Lord:

For ^pwith the Lord there is mercy,

And with him is plenteous redemption.

⁸And ^qhe shall redeem Israel

From all his iniquities.

Psalm CXXXI.

A Song of degrees of David.

Lord, ^amy heart is not haughty, nor ^bmine eyes lofty:

Neither ^cdo I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.

²Surely I have behaved and quieted myself,

^dAs a child that is weaned of his mother:

My soul is even as a weaned child.

^3eLet Israel hope in the Lord

From henceforth and for ever.

Psalm CXXXII.

A Song of degrees.

Lord, ^aremember David,

And all his afflictions:

²How he sware unto the Lord,

And ^aavowed unto ^bthe mighty God of Jacob;

³Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house,

Nor go up into my bed;

⁴I will not ^cgive sleep to mine eyes,

Or ^cslumber to mine eyelids,

⁵Until ^dI find out a place for the Lord,

A habitation for ^bthe mighty God of Jacob.

⁶Lo, we heard of ^eit at ^fEphratah:

^gWe found it in the fields ^hof the wood.

⁷We will go into his ⁱtabernacles:

^jWe will worship at his ^kfootstool.

^8lArise, O Lord, into ^mthy rest;

Thou, and the ^enark of thy strength.

^9oLet thy priests be clothed with righteousness;

And let thy ^psaints shout for joy.

¹⁰For thy servant David’s sake

^qTurn not away the face of ^rthine anointed.

^11sThe Lord ^thath sworn in truth unto David;

^tHe will not turn from it;

^uOf the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

^12vIf thy children will keep my covenant

And my testimony that I shall teach them,

Their children also shall ^wsit upon thy throne for evermore.

^13xFor the Lord hath chosen Zion;

He hath desired it for his habitation.

¹⁴This is ^ymy rest for ever:

Here ^zwill I dwell; for I have desired it.

^15aI will abundantly bless her provision:

I ^bwill satisfy her poor with bread.

^16cI will also clothe her priests with salvation:

And her ^desaints shall shout aloud for joy.

¹⁷There will I ^fmake the horn of David to bud:

I have ordained ^ga lamp for ^hmine anointed.

¹⁸His enemies will I ⁱclothe with shame:

But upon himself shall his crown flourish.

Psalm CXXXIII.

A Song of degrees of David.

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is

For ^abrethren to dwell together in unity.

²It is like ^bthe precious ointment ^cupon the head,

That ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard:

That went down to the ^dskirts of his garments;

³As the dew of ^eHermon, and as the dew that descended upon the ^fmountains of ^gZion:

For there the Lord ^hcommanded the blessing,

Even life for evermore.

Psalm CXXXIV.

A Song of degrees.

Behold, bless ye the Lord, all ye ^aservants of the Lord,

Which ^bby night ^acstand in the house of the Lord.

^2dLift up your hands in ^ethe sanctuary,

And bless the Lord.

³The Lord ^fthat made heaven and earth

^gBless thee out of Zion.