Psalms 122-124

Psalm 122

¹A Song of the going up. Of David. I was glad because they said to me, We will go into the house of the Lord.

²At last our feet were inside your doors, O Jerusalem.

³O Jerusalem, you are like a town which is well joined together;

⁴To which the tribes went up, even the tribes of the Lord, for a witness to Israel, to give praise to the name of the Lord.

⁵For there seats for the judges were placed, even the rulers' seats of the line of David.

⁶O make prayers for the peace of Jerusalem; may they whose love is given to you do well.

⁷May peace be inside your walls, and wealth in your noble houses.

⁸Because of my brothers and friends, I will now say, Let peace be with you.

⁹Because of the house of the Lord our God, I will be working for your good.

Psalm 123

¹A Song of the going up. To you my eyes are lifted up, even to you whose seat is in the heavens.

²See! as the eyes of servants are turned to the hands of their masters, and the eyes of a servant-girl to her owner, so our eyes are waiting for the Lord our God, till he has mercy on us.

³Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for all men are looking down on us.

⁴For long enough have men of pride made sport of our soul.

Psalm 124

¹A Song of the going up. Of David. If 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 came up against us;

³They would have made a meal of us while still living, in the heat of their wrath against us:

⁴We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul;

⁵Yes, the waters of pride would have gone over our soul.

⁶Praise be to the Lord, who has not let us be wounded by their teeth.

⁷Our soul has gone free like a bird out of the net of those who would take her: the net is broken, and we are free.

⁸Our help is in the name of the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.