Psalm 120:1–122:9

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.