Psalm 123–124

PSALM 123

A Song of Ascents.

¹To thee I lift up my eyes,

O thou who art enthroned in the heavens!

²Behold, as the eyes of servants

look to the hand of their master,

as the eyes of a maid

to the hand of her mistress,

so our eyes look to the Lord our God,

till he have mercy upon us.

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

for we have had more than enough of contempt.

⁴Too long our soul has been sated

with the scorn of those who are at ease,

the contempt of the proud.

PSALM 124

A Song of Ascents. Of David.

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

let Israel now say—

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

when men rose up against us,

³then they would have swallowed us up alive,

when their anger was kindled against us;

⁴then the flood would have swept us away,

the torrent would have gone over us;

⁵then over us would have gone

the raging waters.

⁶Blessed be the Lord,

who has not given us

as prey to their teeth!

⁷We have escaped as a bird

from the snare of the fowlers;

the snare is broken,

and we have escaped!

⁸Our help is in the name of the Lord,

who made heaven and earth.