Psalms 122-124

Psalm 122

¹A song of ascents. Of David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”

²Our feet are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem.

³Jerusalem is built up as a city united together,

⁴where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

⁵For there the thrones of judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David.

⁶Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.

⁷May there be peace within your walls, and prosperity inside your fortresses.”

⁸For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.”

⁹For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity.

Psalm 123

¹A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.

²As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God until He shows us mercy.

³Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.

⁴We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud.

Psalm 124

¹A song of ascents. Of David. If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel now declare—

²if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,

³when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,

⁴then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,

⁵then the raging waters would have swept us away.

⁶Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.

⁷We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.

⁸Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.