Psalm 120–122

PSALM 120

Prayer for Deliverance from the Treacherous.

A Song of ^†Ascents.

^1aIn my trouble I cried to the Lord,

And He answered me.

²Deliver my soul, O Lord, from ^alying lips,

From a ^bdeceitful tongue.

³What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you,

You ^adeceitful tongue?

^4aSharp arrows of the warrior,

With the burning ^bcoals of the broom tree.

⁵Woe is me, for I sojourn in ^aMeshech,

For I dwell among the ^btents of ^cKedar!

⁶Too long has my soul had its dwelling

With those who ^ahate peace.

⁷I ^aam for peace, but when I speak,

They are ^bfor war.

PSALM 121

The Lord the Keeper of Israel.

A Song of Ascents.

¹I will ^alift up my eyes to ^bthe mountains;

From where shall my help come?

²My ^ahelp comes from the Lord,

Who ^bmade heaven and earth.

³He will not ^aallow your foot to slip;

He who ^bkeeps you will not slumber.

⁴Behold, He who keeps Israel

Will neither slumber nor sleep.

⁵The Lord is your ^akeeper;

The Lord is your ^bshade on your right hand.

⁶The ^asun will not smite you by day,

Nor the moon by night.

⁷The Lord will ^1aprotect you from all evil;

He will keep your soul.

⁸The Lord will ^1aguard your going out and your coming in

^bFrom this time forth and forever.

PSALM 122

Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem.

A Song of Ascents, of David.

¹I was glad when they said to me,

“Let us ^ago to the house of the Lord.”

²Our feet are standing

Within your ^agates, O Jerusalem,

³Jerusalem, that is ^abuilt

As a city that is ^bcompact together;

⁴To which the tribes ^ago up, even the tribes of ¹the Lord—

²An ordinance for Israel—

To give thanks to the name of the Lord.

⁵For there ^athrones were set for judgment,

The thrones of the house of David.

⁶Pray for the ^apeace of Jerusalem:

“May they prosper who ^blove you.

⁷“May peace be within your ^awalls,

And prosperity within your ^bpalaces.”

⁸For the sake of my ^abrothers and my friends,

I will now say, “^bMay peace be within you.”

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

I will ^aseek your good.