Deliver Me, O Lord

120 A Song of mAscents.

1  In my distress I called to the Lord,

and he answered me.

2  Deliver me, O Lord,

from lying lips,

from a deceitful tongue.

3  What shall be given to you,

nand what more shall be done to you,

you deceitful tongue?

4  oA warrior’s psharp arrows,

with glowing qcoals of the broom tree!

5  Woe to me, that I sojourn in rMeshech,

that I dwell among sthe tents of tKedar!

6  Too long have I had my dwelling

among those who hate peace.

7  uI am for peace,

but when I speak, they are for war!

My Help Comes from the Lord

121 A Song of mAscents.

1  I vlift up my eyes to wthe hills.

From where does my help come?

2  xMy help comes from the Lord,

who ymade heaven and earth.

3  He will not zlet your foot be moved;

he who akeeps you will not slumber.

4  Behold, he who keeps Israel

will neither slumber nor sleep.

5  The Lord is your keeper;

the Lord is your bshade on your cright hand.

6  dThe sun shall not estrike you by day,

nor the moon by night.

7  The Lord will akeep you from all evil;

he will akeep your life.

8  The Lord will keep

your fgoing out and your coming in

from this time forth and forevermore.

Let Us Go to the House of the Lord

122 A Song of mAscents. Of David.

1  I was glad when they said to me,

g“Let us go to the house of the Lord!”

2  Our feet have been standing

within your gates, O Jerusalem!

3  Jerusalem—hbuilt as a city

that is ibound firmly together,

4  to which the tribes jgo up,

the tribes of the Lord,

as was kdecreed for1 Israel,

to give thanks to the name of the Lord.

5  There lthrones for judgment were set,

the thrones of the house of David.

6  mPray for the peace of Jerusalem!

“May they be secure who love you!

7  Peace be within your nwalls

and security within your ntowers!”

8  For my brothers and companions’ sake

I will say, o“Peace be within you!”

9  For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,

I will pseek your good.

Our Eyes Look to the Lord Our God

123 A Song of mAscents.

1  To you I qlift up my eyes,

O you who are renthroned in the heavens!

2  Behold, as the eyes of servants

look to the hand of their master,

as the eyes of a maidservant

to the hand of her mistress,

so our eyes look to the Lord our God,

till he has mercy upon us.

3  sHave mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us,

for we have had more than enough of tcontempt.

4  Our soul has had more than enough

of uthe scorn of vthose who are at ease,

of the contempt of wthe proud.

Our Help Is in the Name of the Lord

124 A Song of mAscents. Of David.

1  xIf it had not been the Lord who was on our side—

ylet Israel now say—

2  if it had not been the Lord who was on our side

when people rose up against us,

3  then they would have zswallowed us up alive,

when their anger was kindled against us;

4  then athe flood would have bswept us away,

the torrent would have gone cover us;

5  then over us would have gone

the raging waters.

6  Blessed be the Lord,

who has not given us

as prey to their teeth!

7  We have escaped like a bird

from dthe snare of the fowlers;

the snare is broken,

and we have escaped!

8  eOur help is in the name of the Lord,

who made heaven and earth.