Psalms 128-135

Psalm 128

¹A Song of the Ascents. O the happiness of every one fearing Jehovah, Who is walking in His ways.

²The labour of thy hands thou surely eatest, Happy art thou, and good is to thee.

³Thy wife is as a fruitful vine in the sides of thy house, Thy sons as olive plants around thy table.

⁴Lo, surely thus is the man blessed who is fearing Jehovah.

⁵Jehovah doth bless thee out of Zion, Look, then, on the good of Jerusalem, All the days of thy life,

⁶And see the sons of thy sons! Peace on Israel!

Psalm 129

¹A Song of the Ascents. Often they distressed me from my youth, Pray, let Israel say:

²Often they distressed me from my youth, Yet they have not prevailed over me.

³Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows.

⁴Jehovah is righteous, He hath cut asunder cords of the wicked.

⁵Confounded and turn backward do all hating Zion.

⁶They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,

⁷That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.

⁸And the passers by have not said, ‘The blessing of Jehovah is on you, We blessed you in the Name of Jehovah!'

Psalm 130

¹A Song of the Ascents. From depths I have called Thee, Jehovah.

²Lord, hearken to my voice, Thine ears are attentive to the voice of my supplications.

³If iniquities Thou dost observe, O Lord, who doth stand?

⁴But with Thee is forgiveness, that Thou mayest be feared.

⁵I hoped for Jehovah -- hoped hath my soul, And for His word I have waited.

⁶My soul is for the Lord, More than those watching for morning, Watching for morning!

⁷Israel doth wait on Jehovah, For with Jehovah is kindness, And abundant with Him is redemption.

⁸And He doth redeem Israel from all his iniquities!

Psalm 131

¹A Song of the Ascents, by David. Jehovah, my heart hath not been haughty, Nor have mine eyes been high, Nor have I walked in great things, And in things too wonderful for me.

²Have I not compared, and kept silent my soul, As a weaned one by its mother? As a weaned one by me is my soul.

³Israel doth wait on Jehovah, From henceforth, and unto the age!

Psalm 132

¹A Song of the Ascents. Remember, Jehovah, for David, all his afflictions.

²Who hath sworn to Jehovah. He hath vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:

³‘If I enter into the tent of my house, If I go up on the couch of my bed,

⁴If I give sleep to mine eyes, To mine eyelids -- slumber,

⁵Till I do find a place for Jehovah, Tabernacles for the Mighty One of Jacob.

⁶‘Lo, we have heard it in Ephratah, We have found it in the fields of the forest.

⁷We come in to His tabernacles, We bow ourselves at His footstool.

⁸Arise, O Jehovah, to Thy rest, Thou, and the ark of Thy strength,

⁹Thy priests do put on righteousness, And Thy pious ones cry aloud.

¹⁰For the sake of David Thy servant, Turn not back the face of Thine anointed.

¹¹Jehovah hath sworn truth to David, He turneth not back from it: Of the fruit of thy body, I set on the throne for thee.

¹²If thy sons keep My covenant, And My testimonies that I teach them, Their sons also for ever and ever, Do sit on the throne for thee.

¹³For Jehovah hath fixed on Zion, He hath desired it for a seat to Himself,

¹⁴This is My rest for ever and ever, Here do I sit, for I have desired it.

¹⁵Her provision I greatly bless, Her needy ones I satisfy with bread,

¹⁶And her priests I clothe with salvation, And her pious ones do sing aloud.

¹⁷There I cause to spring up a horn for David, I have arranged a lamp for Mine anointed.

¹⁸His enemies I do clothe with shame, And upon him doth his crown flourish!

Psalm 133

¹A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren -- even together!

²As the good oil on the head, Coming down on the beard, the beard of Aaron, That cometh down on the skirt of his robes,

³As dew of Hermon -- That cometh down on hills of Zion, For there Jehovah commanded the blessing -- Life unto the age!

Psalm 134

¹A Song of the Ascents. Lo, bless Jehovah, all servants of Jehovah, Who are standing in the house of Jehovah by night.

²Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, And bless ye Jehovah.

³Jehovah doth bless thee out of Zion, The maker of the heavens and earth!

Psalm 135

¹Praise ye Jah! Praise ye the name of Jehovah, Praise, ye servants of Jehovah,

²Who are standing in the house of Jehovah, In the courts of the house of our God.

³Praise ye Jah! for Jehovah is good, Sing praise to His name, for it is pleasant.

⁴For Jacob hath Jah chosen for Himself, Israel for His peculiar treasure.

⁵For I have known that great is Jehovah, Yea, our Lord is above all gods.

⁶All that Jehovah pleased He hath done, In the heavens and in earth, In the seas and all deep places,

⁷Causing vapours to ascend from the end of the earth, Lightnings for the rain He hath made, Bringing forth wind from His treasures.

⁸Who smote the first-born of Egypt, From man unto beast.

⁹He sent tokens and wonders into thy midst, O Egypt, On Pharaoh and on all his servants.

¹⁰Who smote many nations, and slew strong kings,

¹¹Even Sihon king of the Amorite, And Og king of Bashan, And all kingdoms of Canaan.

¹²And He gave their land an inheritance, An inheritance to Israel His people,

¹³O Jehovah, Thy name is to the age, O Jehovah, Thy memorial to all generations.

¹⁴For Jehovah doth judge His people, And for His servants comforteth Himself.

¹⁵The idols of the nations are silver and gold, Work of the hands of man.

¹⁶A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not,

¹⁷Ears they have, and they give not ear, Nose -- there is no breath in their mouth!

¹⁸Like them are their makers, Every one who is trusting in them.

¹⁹O house of Israel, bless ye Jehovah, O house of Aaron, bless ye Jehovah,

²⁰O house of Levi, bless ye Jehovah, Those fearing Jehovah, bless ye Jehovah.

²¹Blessed is Jehovah from Zion, Inhabiting Jerusalem -- praise ye Jah!