Psalm 123–125

PSALM 123

Prayer for the Lord’s Help.

A Song of Ascents.

¹To You I ^alift up my eyes,

O You who ^bare enthroned in the heavens!

²Behold, as the eyes of ^aservants look to the hand of their master,

As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,

So our ^beyes look to the Lord our God,

Until He is gracious to us.

^3aBe gracious to us, O Lord, be gracious to us,

For we are greatly filled ^bwith contempt.

⁴Our soul is greatly filled

With the ^ascoffing of ^bthose who are at ease,

And with the ^ccontempt of the proud.

PSALM 124

Praise for Rescue from Enemies.

A Song of Ascents, of David.

¹“^aHad it not been the Lord who was on our side,”

^bLet Israel now say,

²“Had it not been the Lord who was on our side

When men rose up against us,

³Then they would have ^aswallowed us alive,

When their ^banger was kindled against us;

⁴Then the ^awaters would have engulfed us,

The stream would have ¹swept over our soul;

⁵Then the ^araging waters would have ¹swept over our soul.”

⁶Blessed be the Lord,

Who has not given us ¹to be ^atorn by their teeth.

⁷Our soul has ^aescaped ^bas a bird out of the ^csnare of the trapper;

The snare is broken and we have escaped.

⁸Our ^ahelp is in the name of the Lord,

Who ^bmade heaven and earth.

PSALM 125

The Lord Surrounds His People.

A Song of Ascents.

¹Those who trust in the Lord

Are as Mount Zion, which ^acannot be moved but ^babides forever.

²As the mountains surround Jerusalem,

So ^athe Lord surrounds His people

^bFrom this time forth and forever.

³For the ^ascepter of wickedness shall not rest upon the ¹land of the righteous,

So that the righteous ^bwill not put forth their hands to do wrong.

^4aDo good, O Lord, to those who are good

And to those who are ^bupright in their hearts.

⁵But as for those who ^aturn aside to their ^bcrooked ways,

The Lord will lead them away with the ^cdoers of iniquity.

^dPeace be upon Israel.