Psalm 120–134

Psalm 120

*A Song of degrees.

1  In amy distress I cried unto the Lord,

And he heard me.

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

*And from a deceitful tongue.

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

Thou false tongue?

4  ||bSharp arrows of the cmighty,

With coals of ejuniper.

5  Woe is me, that I sojourn in fMesech,

That I dwell in the tents of gKedar!

6  My soul hath hlong dwelt

With him that hateth peace.

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

Psalm 121

*A Song of degrees.

1  ||I will alift up mine eyes unto aathe hills,

From whence cometh my help.

2  bMy help cometh from the Lord,

cWhich made heaven and earth.

3  He will not suffer dthy foot to be moved:

He that ekeepeth thee will not fslumber.

4  Behold, he that ekeepeth Israel

Shall neither fgslumber nor sleep.

5  The Lord is thy ekeeper:

The Lord is thy hshade iupon thy right hand.

6  kThe sun shall not lsmite thee by day,

Nor the moon by night.

7  The Lord shall epreserve thee from all evil:

He shall empreserve thy soul.

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

From this time forth, and even for evermore.

Psalm 122

*A Song of degrees †of David.

1  I was glad when they said unto me,

Let us go ainto the house of the Lord.

2  Our feet shall stand

Within thy gates, O Jerusalem.

3  Jerusalem is bbuilded

As a city that cis compact together:

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

Unto fthe testimony of Israel,

To give thanks unto the name of the Lord.

5  For gthere †are set thrones of judgment,

The thrones of the house of David.

6  hPray for the peace of Jerusalem:

They shall prosper that love thee.

7  Peace be within thy iwalls,

And prosperity within thy ipalaces.

8  For my brethren and companions’ sakes,

I will now say, kPeace be within thee.

9  Because of the house of the Lord our God

I will lseek thy good.

Psalm 123

*A Song of degrees.

1  Unto thee alift I up mine eyes,

O thou that bdwellest in the heavens.

2  Behold, 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.

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

For we are dexceedingly filled with econtempt.

4  Our soul is exceedingly filled

With the fscorning of gthose that are at ease,

And with the econtempt of the proud.

Psalm 124

*A Song of degrees †of David.

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

bNow may Israel say;

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

When men rose up against us:

3  Then they had cswallowed us up cdquick,

When their wrath was kindled against us:

4  Then ddthe waters had eoverwhelmed us,

The stream had gone over our soul:

5  Then the proud waters

Had gone over our soul.

6  Blessed be the Lord,

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

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

The snare is broken, and we are escaped.

8  gOur help is in the name of the Lord,

hWho made heaven and earth.

Psalm 125

*A Song of degrees.

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

Which bcannot be removed, but cabideth for ever.

2  As the mountains are round about Jerusalem,

dSo the Lord is round about his people

From henceforth even for ever.

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

Lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

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

And to them that are iupright in their hearts.

5  As 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 126

*A Song of degrees.

1  When the Lord †aturned again the captivity of Zion,

bWe were like them that dream.

2  Then 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.

3  The Lord hath done great things for us;

Whereof we are glad.

4  Turn again our captivity, O Lord,

eAs the streams in fthe south.

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

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

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

Psalm 127

*A Song of degrees ||for Solomon.

1  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.

2  It 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.

3  Lo, kchildren are an heritage of the Lord:

And lthe fruit of the womb is his reward.

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

So are nchildren of the youth.

5  Happy 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 128

*A Song of degrees.

1  abBlessed is every one that feareth the Lord;

bThat walketh in his ways.

2  cFor thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands:

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

3  Thy wife shall be das a fruitful vine

eBy the sides of thine house:

Thy children flike olive plants

Round about thy table.

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

5  gThe Lord shall bless thee ghout of Zion:

And thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem

All the days of thy life.

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

And lpeace upon Israel.

Psalm 129

*A Song of degrees.

1  ||Many a time have they aafflicted me from bmy youth,

cMay Israel now say:

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

dYet they have not prevailed against me.

3  ddThe plowers plowed upon my back:

They made long their efurrows.

4  The Lord is righteous:

He hath cut asunder the fcords of the wicked.

5  Let them all be gconfounded and gturned back

That hate Zion.

6  Let them be has the igrass upon the housetops,

Which iwithereth afore it groweth up:

7  Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand;

Nor he that bindeth sheaves his kbosom.

8  Neither do they which go by say,

lThe blessing of the Lord be upon you:

mWe bless you in the name of the Lord.

Psalm 130

*A Song of degrees.

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

2  Lord, hear my voice:

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

3  If thou, cLord, shouldest dmark iniquities,

O Lord, ewho shall fstand?

4  But there is gforgiveness with thee,

hThat thou mayest be feared.

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

And lin his word do I hope.

6  My soul waiteth for the Lord

More than they mthat watch for nthe morning:

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

7  oLet Israel hope in the Lord:

For pwith the Lord there is mercy,

And with him is plenteous redemption.

8  And qhe shall redeem Israel

From all his iniquities.

Psalm 131

*A Song of degrees †of David.

1  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.

2  Surely I have behaved and quieted †myself,

dAs a child that is weaned of his mother:

My soul is even as a weaned child.

3  eLet Israel hope in the Lord

†From henceforth and for ever.

Psalm 132

*A Song of degrees.

1  *Lord, aRemember David,

And all his afflictions:

2  How he sware unto the Lord,

And aavowed unto bthe mighty God of Jacob;

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

Nor go up into my bed;

4  I will not cgive sleep to mine eyes,

Or cslumber to mine eyelids,

5  Until dI find out a place for the Lord,

†An habitation for bthe mighty God of Jacob.

6  Lo, we heard of eit at fEphratah:

gWe found it in the fields hof the wood.

7  We will go into his itabernacles:

jWe will worship at his kfootstool.

8  lArise, O Lord, into mthy rest;

Thou, and the enark of thy strength.

9  oLet thy priests be clothed with righteousness;

And let thy psaints shout for joy.

10  For thy servant David’s sake

qTurn not away the face of rthine anointed.

11  sThe 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.

12  vIf thy children will keep my covenant

And my testimony that I shall teach them,

Their children shall also wsit upon thy throne for evermore.

13  xFor the Lord hath chosen Zion;

He hath desired it for his habitation.

14  This is ymy rest for ever:

Here zwill I dwell; for I have desired it.

15  aI will ||abundantly bless her provision:

I bwill satisfy her poor with bread.

16  cI will also clothe her priests with salvation:

And her desaints shall shout aloud for joy.

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

I have ordained ga ||lamp for hmine anointed.

18  His enemies will I iclothe with shame:

But upon himself shall his crown flourish.

Psalm 133

*A Song of degrees †of David.

1  Behold, how good and how pleasant it is

For abrethren to dwell †together in unity!

2  It 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;

3  As 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 134

*A Song of degrees.

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

Which bby night acstand in the house of the Lord.

2  dLift up your hands ||in ethe sanctuary,

And bless the Lord.

3  The Lord fthat made heaven and earth

gBless thee out of Zion.