Psalms 120:1-127:5

Psalms 120

1

In my 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

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

5

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

6

My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

7

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

Psalms 121

1

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

2

My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.

3

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

4

Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

5

The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.

6

The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

7

The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

8

The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

Psalms 122

1

I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.

2

Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.

3

Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:

4

Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.

5

For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

6

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

7

Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.

8

For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.

9

Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.

Psalms 123

1

Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest 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

Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

4

Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

Psalms 124

1

If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;

2

If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

3

Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

4

Then the waters had overwhelmed 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 out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

8

Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

Psalms 125

1

They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.

2

As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.

3

For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

4

Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.

5

As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.

Psalms 126

1

When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.

2

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The 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, as the streams in the south.

5

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

6

He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

Psalms 127

1

Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

2

It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

3

Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

4

As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.

5

Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.