Psalms 122-124

Psalm 122

¹A Song of degrees. Of David. I rejoiced when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of Jehovah.

²Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.

³Jerusalem, which art built as a city that is compact together,

⁴Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of Jah, a testimony to Israel, to give thanks unto the name of Jehovah.

⁵For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

⁶Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

⁷Peace be within thy bulwarks, prosperity within thy palaces.

⁸For my brethren and companions' sakes I will say, Peace be within thee!

⁹Because of the house of Jehovah our God I will seek thy good.

Psalm 123

¹A Song of degrees. Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

²Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are directed to Jehovah our God, until he be gracious unto us.

³Be gracious unto us, O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

⁴Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.

Psalm 124

¹A Song of degrees. Of David. If it had not been Jehovah who was for us -- oh let Israel say --

²If it had not been Jehovah who was for us, when men rose up against us,

³Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;

⁴Then the waters had overwhelmed us, a torrent had gone over our soul;

⁵Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

⁶Blessed be Jehovah, who gave us not up a prey to their teeth!

⁷Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we have escaped.

⁸Our help is in the name of Jehovah, the maker of heavens and earth.