Psalm 119–133

Psalm 119

In my trouble I cried to the Lord: and he heard me.

²O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, and a deceitful tongue.

³What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee, to a deceitful tongue?

⁴The sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals that lay waste.

⁵Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the inhabitants of Cedar:

⁶My soul hath been long a sojourner.

⁷With them that hated peace I was peaceable: when I spoke to them they fought against me without cause.

Psalm 120

I have lifted up my eyes to the mountains, from whence help shall come to me.

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

³May he not suffer thy foot to be moved: neither let him slumber that keepeth thee.

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

⁵The Lord is thy keeper, the Lord is thy protection upon thy right hand.

⁶The sun shall not burn thee by day: nor the moon by night.

⁷The Lord keepeth thee from all evil: may the Lord keep thy soul.

⁸May the Lord keep thy coming in and thy going out; from henceforth now and for ever.

Psalm 121

¹A gradual canticle.

²Our feet were standing in thy courts, O Jerusalem.

³Jerusalem, which is built as a city, which is compact together.

⁴For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord.

⁵Because their seats have sat in judgment, seats upon the house of David.

⁶Pray ye for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem: and abundance for them that love thee.

⁷Let peace be in thy strength: and abundance in thy towers.

⁸For the sake of my brethren, and of my neighbours, I spoke peace of thee.

⁹Because of the house of the Lord our God, I have sought good things for thee.

Psalm 122

To thee have I lifted up my eyes, who dwellest in heaven.

²Behold as the eyes of servants are on the hands of their masters, As the eyes of the handmaid are on the hands of her mistress: so are our eyes unto the Lord our God, until he have mercy on us.

³Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for we are greatly filled with contempt.

⁴For our soul is greatly filled: we are a reproach to the rich, and contempt to the proud.

Psalm 123

¹I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: We shall go into the house of the Lord.

If it had not been that the Lord was with us, let Israel now say:

²If it had not been that the Lord was with us, When men rose up against us,

³Perhaps they had swallowed us up alive. When their fury was enkindled against us,

⁴Perhaps the waters had swallowed us up.

⁵Our soul hath passed through a torrent: perhaps our soul had passed through a water insupportable.

⁶Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us to be a prey to their teeth.

⁷Our soul hath been delivered as a sparrow out of the snare of the fowlers. The snare is broken, and we are delivered.

⁸Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Psalm 124

¹A gradual canticle.

They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Sion: he shall not be moved for ever that dwelleth

²In Jerusalem. Mountains are round about it: so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth now and for ever.

³For the Lord will not leave the rod of sinners upon the lot of the just: that the just may not stretch forth their hands to iniquity.

⁴Do good, O Lord, to those that are good, and to the upright of heart.

⁵But such as turn aside into bonds, the Lord shall lead out with the workers of iniquity: peace upon Israel.

Psalm 125

¹A gradual canticle.

When the Lord brought back the captivity of Sion, we became like men comforted.

²Then was our mouth filled with gladness; and our tongue with joy. Then shall they say among the Gentiles: The Lord hath done great things for them.

³The Lord hath done great things for us: we are become joyful.

⁴Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as a stream in the south.

⁵They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

⁶Going they went and wept, casting their seeds.

⁷But coming they shall come with joyfulness, carrying their sheaves.

Psalm 126

¹A gradual canticle of Solomon.

Unless the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it. Unless the Lord keep the city, he watcheth in vain that keepeth it.

²It is vain for you to rise before light, rise ye after you have sitten, you that eat the bread of sorrow. When he shall give sleep to his beloved,

³Behold the inheritance of the Lord are children: the reward, the fruit of the womb.

⁴As arrows in the hand of the mighty, so the children of them that have been shaken.

⁵Blessed is the man that hath filled the desire with them; he shall not be confounded when he shall speak to his enemies in the gate.

Psalm 127

¹A gradual canticle.

Blessed are all they that fear the Lord: that walk in his ways.

²For thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee.

³Thy wife as a fruitful vine, on the sides of thy house. Thy children as olive plants, round about thy table.

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

⁵May the Lord bless thee out of Sion: and mayst thou see the good things of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.

⁶And mayst thou see thy children’s children, peace upon Israel.

Psalm 128

¹A gradual canticle.

Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say.

²Often have they fought against me from my youth: but they could not prevail over me.

³The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their iniquity.

⁴The Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners:

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

⁶Let them be as grass upon the tops of houses: which withereth before it be plucked up:

⁷Who with the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom.

⁸And they that passed by have not said: The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.

Psalm 129

¹A gradual canticle.

Out of the depths I have cried to thee, O Lord:

²Lord, hear my voice. Let thy ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.

³If thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniquities: Lord, who shall stand it.

⁴For with thee there is merciful forgiveness: and by reason of thy law, I have waited for thee, O Lord. My soul hath relied on his word:

⁵my soul hath hoped in the Lord.

⁶From the morning watch even until night, let Israel hope in the Lord.

⁷Because with the Lord there is mercy: and with him plentiful redemption.

⁸And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

Psalm 130

¹A gradual canticle of David.

Lord, my heart is not exalted: nor are my eyes lofty. Neither have I walked in great matters, nor in wonderful things above me.

²If I was not humbly minded, but exalted my soul: As a child that is weaned is towards his mother, so reward in my soul.

³Let Israel hope in the Lord, from henceforth now and for ever.

Psalm 131

¹A gradual canticle.

O Lord, remember David, and all his meekness.

²How he swore to the Lord, he vowed a vow to the God of Jacob:

³If I shall enter into the tabernacle of my house: if I shall go up into the bed wherein I lie:

⁴If I shall give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids,

⁵Or rest to my temples: until I find out a place for the Lord, a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

⁶Behold we have heard of it in Ephrata: we have found it in the fields of the wood.

⁷We will go into his tabernacle: we will adore in the place where his feet stood.

⁸Arise, O Lord, into thy resting place: thou and the ark, which thou hast sanctified.

⁹Let thy priests be clothed with justice: and let thy saints rejoice.

¹⁰For thy servant David’s sake, turn not away the face of thy anointed.

¹¹The Lord hath sworn truth to David, and he will not make it void: of the fruit of thy womb I will set upon thy throne.

¹²If thy children will keep my covenant, and these my testimonies which I shall teach them: Their children also for evermore shall sit upon thy throne.

¹³For the Lord hath chosen Sion: he hath chosen it for his dwelling.

¹⁴This is my rest for ever and ever: here will I dwell, for I have chosen it.

¹⁵Blessing I will bless her widow: I will satisfy her poor with bread.

¹⁶I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints shall rejoice with exceeding great joy.

¹⁷There will I bring forth a horn to David: I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.

¹⁸His enemies I will clothe with confusion: but upon him shall my sanctification flourish.

Psalm 132

¹A gradual canticle of David.

Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity:

²Like the precious ointment on the head, that ran down upon the beard, the beard of Aaron, Which ran down to the skirt of his garment:

³As the dew of Hermon, which descendeth upon mount Sion. For there the Lord hath commanded blessing, and life for evermore.

Psalm 133

¹A gradual canticle.

Behold now bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord: Who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.

²In the nights lift up your hands to the holy places, and bless ye the Lord.

³May the Lord out of Sion bless thee, he that made heaven and earth.